MPPSC 2013 General Studies Solved Paper-1

(B) The water of rivers is becoming shallow, less deep and polluted because of the indiscriminate harvest of trees and plants on their shores,exits and mountains. The pressure of urbanisation, the growing population and the craving for rapid development have deprived us of green cover. Deforestation leads to land erosion because the trees play an important role in maintaining the surface of the mountains and cause natural barriers to the rapidly rising rain water.