Question

Read the following paragraphs from the section "Open Defecation Is A Dangerous Practice."In sub-Saharan Africa — the lands south of the Sahara desert — the proportion of the population practicing open defecation is slightly smaller. It stands at around 23 percent. Still, 40 percent of the population in this region lacks safe drinking water. Moreover, gender inequality there is more prominent than in South Asia. In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 25 percent of the population must walk 30 minutes or more to collect water. This task falls on women and girls nearly all the time. In fact, this collection happens in many poorer, developing nations. It takes critical time away from women.Moreover, Africa has a high risk of desertification. This is the process by which land becomes desert. This reduces the availability of freshwater even further and increases the threat of water inequality in the future.How is the central idea developed in these two paragraphs?Question 4 options:by giving an example of how lack of infrastructure and advanced treatment facilities cause water inequalityby showing that sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected by water inequality in the worldby describing how lack of fresh drinking water affects people suffering from water inequalityby explaining how open defecation is the main reason behind contamination of water

Answer 1

The correct option is the first one "by giving an example of how lack of infrastructure and advanced treatment facilities cause water inequality". Since, the paragraphs deal with these two core ideas: 1.- desertification danger and its consequences; 2.- the precarious conditions and gender inequity to obtain water.