Question

Assertion: In second stage, death rate decline but birth rate remains stationary.

Reason: Population increases rapidly in second stage.

Options

• Only Assertion is correct.

• Only Reason is correct.

• Both Assertion and Reason correct and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion.

• Both Assertion and Reason correct but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.

Answer 1

Both Assertion and Reason correct and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion.

Explanation:

• In the second stage of the Demographic Transition, the death rate falls because of better food supply, health care, and sanitation, while the birth rate stays high.
• As a result, the gap between births and deaths widens, leading to a rapid increase in population.
• Thus, the Reason correctly explains why the Assertion is true.