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Question
- Find out how many people are there in our country.
- Do we have enough land for all people on this earth?
- Is there enough food and water for all people?
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Solution
- There are about 130 crore people in our country.
- No, we don’t have enough land for all people on this earth. Neither
- have we enough food nor water for all people.
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