{"id":509,"date":"2023-06-12T13:07:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T07:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=509"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:13:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:43:52","slug":"q-which-of-the-following-has-have-shrunk-immensely-dried-up-in-the-recent-past-due-to-human-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-which-of-the-following-has-have-shrunk-immensely-dried-up-in-the-recent-past-due-to-human-activities","title":{"rendered":"Q. Which of the following has\/have shrunk immensely\/dried up in the recent past due to human activities?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Aral Sea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black Sea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lake Baikal<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (a) 1 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Aral Sea is a&nbsp;<strong>saline lake<\/strong>&nbsp;located in<strong>&nbsp;Central Asia<\/strong>&nbsp;that was once the&nbsp;<strong>world\u2019s fourth-largest salt lake<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the 1960s the Aral Sea, which was the drainage basin for Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Kazakhstan, began to shrink as the Soviet Union began to divert water for agricultural purposes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As per&nbsp;<strong>NASA<\/strong>, over the&nbsp;<strong>last 50 years<\/strong>, the&nbsp;<strong>Aral Sea has shrunk by about 75%<\/strong>&nbsp;of its original size mainly because of&nbsp;<strong>water diversion for agricultural usages in surrounding areas<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>depth of the Aral Sea<\/strong>&nbsp;has also&nbsp;<strong>decreased<\/strong>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>68 meters in the 1960s<\/strong>&nbsp;to at&nbsp;<strong>less than 10 meters&nbsp;<\/strong>in the present day.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/aral-sea.jpeg\" alt=\"Aral Sea\" class=\"wp-image-34010\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aral Sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_4d2d8c-28 .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_4d2d8c-28 .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_4d2d8c-28\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below: Answer: (a) 1 only 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