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Question
State with reasons whether you agree or disagree with the following statement:
India is experiencing a population explosion.
Options
Agree
Disagree
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Solution
Yes, I agree with this statement.
Reasons:
- In the post-1950 period, the birth rate has slowly declined from 41.7 in the period from 1951 to 1960 to 20.97 in the period from 2001 to 2010.
- During the same period, the death rate rapidly declined from 22.8 to 7.48.
- During the same period, the population increased from 36.11 crores in 1951 to 121.02 crores in 2011.
- India’s population is not merely large but it is also increasing at an alarming rate and population explosion has become a major problem In India’s economic development.
Thus, India is experiencing a population explosion.
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