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World Water Day Quiz: How much do you know about water?

World Water Day: The goal of celebrating Water Day is to take action to tackle the global water crisis in support of water and sanitation for all by 2030.

Water is life and our tomorrow is connected with water. That is, there is hardly any need to throw light on how important water is for the people of the whole earth. Water is our basic need as well as the basis of life and to show this importance, World Water Day is celebrated every year on 22 March. The goal of celebrating Water Day is to work to tackle the global water crisis in support of water and sanitation for all by 2030.

World Water Day Theme

Every year World Water Day is organized with a theme and efforts are made to achieve the objective of that theme. The theme of World Water Day 2022 is ‘Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible. Groundwater is an important resource that provides almost half of the potable water worldwide. The main objective of World Water Day this year will be the discovery, conservation and sustainable use of groundwater.

World Water Day History

This International Day dates back to 1992, the year in which the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development was held in Rio de Janeiro. In the same year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring 22 March every year as World Day for Water, which was first observed in 1993.

Along with this, other celebrations and programs were later associated with this special day to celebrate this World Water Day. On this special day, people and organizations organize many events, send messages through social media and TV. Also, talk about the importance of clean water.

World Water Day Significance

Water Day aims to inspire people around the world to learn more about water-related issues and make a difference. In 2022, the focus is on groundwater, an invisible resource whose impact is visible everywhere. The day covers important issues related to water such as water scarcity, water pollution, inadequate water supply, lack of sanitation and the effects of climate change.

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#1. Your body is made up of how much water?

80%

80%

70%

70%

50%

50%

60%

60%

#2. How much water can you save per shower by shortening your shower by 5 minutes?

25 liters

25 liters

5 liters

5 liters

10 liters

10 liters

15 liters

15 liters

#3. What proportion of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?

72%

72%

75%

75%

79%

79%

70%

70%

#4. when was world water day first celebrated ?

22 March 1992

22 March 1992

22 March 1993

22 March 1993

22 March 2020

22 March 2020

22 March 1940

22 March 1940

#5. Which of these contains the most water?

muscles

muscles

bones

bones

chest

chest

brain

brain

#6. How much water does it take to produce one ton of steel?

72,000 gallons of water

72,000 gallons of water

12,000 gallons of water

12,000 gallons of water

42,000 gallons of water

42,000 gallons of water

62,000 gallons of water

62,000 gallons of water

#7. On average, how many children die each day from diarrhoea caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation?

5000

5000

2000

2000

10000

10000

100

100

#8. How much of the world’s fresh water is available to drink?

1%

1%

5%

5%

72%

72%

50%

50%

#9. To stay healthy how much water should you drink a day?

b) 3-5 cups

b) 3-5 cups

a) 1-2 cups

a) 1-2 cups

c) 6-8 cups

c) 6-8 cups

c) 10-12 cups

c) 10-12 cups

#10. What proportion of the world’s population lives on the driest half of the planet?

25%

25%

10%

10%

85%

85%

50%

50%

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Countries with the highest water waste:

• China: 362 trillion gallons/year.
• United States: 216 trillion gallons/year.
• Brazil: 95 trillion gallons/year.
• Russia: 71 trillion gallons/year.
• Mexico: 53 trillion gallons/year.
• India: 30 trillion gallons/year.
• England: 20 trillion gallons/year.
• France: 20 trillion gallons/year.

Every year on or around World Water Day a new World Water Report is released to formulate and implement water policies. This report is coordinated by UNESCO’s World Water Development Program (WWAP) on behalf of UN-Water. The annual theme of World Water Day focuses on this report.

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