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Consider the following statements:

  1. On the planet Earth, the fresh water available for use amounts to about less than 1% of the total water found.
  2. Of the total fresh water found on the planet Earth 95% is bound up in polar ice caps and glaciers.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (a) 1 only