MPSC Rajyaseva 2013 CSAT — Question 7

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खालील विधाने वाचा व योग्य तो पर्याय निवडा. / Read the following statements and choose the appropriate option.

(a)हवामानशास्त्रीय दुष्काळ हे प्रत्येक दुष्काळाचे कारण असते. / Climatological drought is the cause for every drought.

(b)जलशास्त्रीय दुष्काळ नेहमीच मानवनिर्मित घटकांची परिणती असते. / Hydrological drought is always an outcome of the human factors.

1)(a) व (b) ही दोन्ही बरोबर आहेत / (a) and (b) are correct

2)(a) व (b) दोन्ही चूक आहेत. / (a) and (b) both are wrong✓ Correct

3)(a) बरोबर आहे व (b) चूक आहे / (a) is correct, (b) is wrong

4)(b) बरोबर आहे व (a) चूक आहे / (b) is correct, (a) is wrong

Climatological drought (extended period of deficient precipitation) is not the cause for 'every' drought type in a strict universal sense, though it precedes others; hydrological drought is influenced by natural hydrological factors alongside human interference, meaning it is not 'always' exclusively a human outcome.

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Understanding drought cycles is crucial for disaster management in Maharashtra.

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