Direction: Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below them.
A). Climate change is likely to exacerbate this pressure on water resources, even as the frequency and intensity on floods and droughts in the country increases.
B). India’s dependence on an increasingly erratic monsoon for its water requirements increases this challenge.
C). Come summer, and water becomes a commodity as precious as gold in India.
D). A large number of Indians face high to extreme water stress, according to a recent report by the government’s policy think tank, the NITI Aayog.
E). The country has 18 percent of the world’s population, but only 4 percent of its water resources, making it among the most water-stressed in the world.