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If a region has a high proportion of people aged below 15 years and above 65 years, what challenge is most likely to arise? - Geography

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प्रश्न

If a region has a high proportion of people aged below 15 years and above 65 years, what challenge is most likely to arise?

विकल्प

  • High literacy rate.

  • Low dependency ratio.

  • Economic strain on the working-age population.

  • High participation in the labour force.

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उत्तर

Economic strain on the working-age population.

Explanation:

Because there are many children (below 15) and elderly (above 65), fewer people are in the working-age group. This raises the dependency ratio, so each worker has to support more non-workers, creating economic strain.

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