Given below is a case study. Read the same and answer the following question given after the case study carefully. (Q-2) |
Statement 1: "PHYSIOLOGICAL" and Agricultural densities are important for countries like India. Statement 2: The density of population in India is highest in Delhi among all States. |
Both 1 and 2 are true. Only 1 is true Only 2 is true. None of the statements are true. |
Only 1 is true |
The correct answer is Option 2: Only 1 is true Statement 1: "PHYSIOLOGICAL" and Agricultural densities are important for countries like India. — True. Physiological density (population per unit of arable land) and agricultural density (number of farmers per unit of agricultural land) are important measures for countries like India, where a large population depends on limited cultivable land. Statement 2: The density of population in India is highest in Delhi among all States. — False. Delhi has one of the highest population densities in India, but it is a Union Territory, not a State. Among the States, the highest population density is found in Bihar. NCERT: The density of population is a crude measure of human and land relationship. To get a better insight into the human-land ratio in terms of pressure of population on total cultivable land, the physiological and the agricultural densities should be found out which are significant for a country like India having a large agricultural population. |