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The report, progress on household drinking, sanitation and hygiene(2000-2017) special focus on inequality, is the most recent publication by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, Which tracks global progress in achieving the water and sanitation portion of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The 17 SDGs aim is to “end poverty in all its form everywhere” by 2030. Goal 6 calls for universal access to safe and adequate access to drinking water and sanitation services.
According to the new report, progress has been made since 2000, yet billions of people are still underserved. The report delineates between access to basic service, which has greatly improved, and access to “safely managed” services, which is inadequate in many parts of the world.
Only about 45 per cent of the global population has access to safely -managed sanitation services. In 2017, an estimated 673 million people continued to defecate, most of them in 61 “high burden” countries where the practice remained common among more than 5 per cent of the population.
To qualify as been “safely managed” drinking water must meet three criteria: be accessible on-premises, be available for at least 12 hours per day and be free from E. coli, arsenic or fluid contamination. Sanitation is considered safely managed when facilities are not shared with other household and waste it safely treated on-site or at an off-site facility.
In 2017, an estimated 5.3 billion people had access to safely managed drinking water. Of that number 1.4 billion used basic services, 206 million used Limited services, 435 used unimproved sources, and the remaining 144 million relied on untreated surface water.
Poor and rural populations are at the greatest risk of being left behind. In 2017 urban access to basic drinking water services was at 97 per cent, while rural coverage was at 81 per cent.
In terms of sanitation and an estimated 2.1 billion people gained access to basic service between 2000 and 2017, but 2 million remains without access.
The report also focuses on improvements in eliminating open defecation. Between 2000 and 2017, the global rate of open detection fell from 21 percent to 9 percent.

Attempt any ten out of the following questions by choosing the most appropriate one:- 1x 10 = 10 Marks
a. The given passage focuses on:-
i. Drinking water
ii. Hygiene
iii. Sanitation
d. All of the above

b. What is the percentage which has access to sanitation services?
i. 45%
ii. 9%
iii. 21%
iv. 5%

c. Which type of water is considered as safely manged and drinking water?
i. Accessible whenever needed
ii. Available for at least 12 hours per day
iii. Free from harmful substances
iv. All of the above
d. What is the number of population that is still tended to open defecation?
i. 673 million
ii. 61 million
iii. 5.3 million
iv. 206 million
e. Which countries have the maximum access to safely managed water?
i. Australia and New Zealand
ii. Europe and North America
iii. Small Island and the Developing States
iv. Northern Africa and Western Asia
f. What percentage of people in urban areas have access to drinking water?
i. 45%
ii. 5%
iii. 97%
iv. 81%
g. Which country has the least access to basic drinking water?
i. Oceania
ii. Sub - Saharan Africa
iii. Europe and North America
iv. Latin America and the Caribbean
h. Rank the following countries from the highest to the lowest accessibility to surface water:
A- Latin America and the Caribbean
B- Oceania
C- Sub - Saharan Africa
D- Europe and North America
i. BCDA
ii. BACD
iii. BCAD
iv. BADC

i. What target has been set by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) programme?
i. End poverty in all its form everywhere
ii. Access to safe and adequate access to drinking water
iii. No one defecation
iv. All of the above

j. Which country has maximum access to basic drinking water?
i. Australia and New Zealand
ii. Europe and North America
iii. Sub - Saharan Africa
iv. Central and South Asia

k. What is the 17th SDG's aim?
i. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
ii. Safely managed
iii. High burden
iv. Progress report

l. How many criteria we need to qualify as being safely managed to drink water?
i.. Fifty criteria
ii. Three criteria
iii. one criteria
iv.two criteria

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Answered by sajal958

Answers:-

Answered by srijit64

1. All of above.

2. 45%.

3. all of above.

4. 673 million.

5. Europe and North America.

6. 97%.

7. BCAD.

8. access to safe and adequate access to drinking water.

9. Australia and New Zealand.

10. end poverty in all its form.

11. 3 criteria.

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