High technical know-how is the characteristic of _____ of demographic transition theory.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Low Fluctuating Stage
The demographic transition theory has three stages. As a society moves from rural and illiterate to urban, industrial and literate, both birth and death rates fall.
Option (1) High Fluctuating Stage — Incorrect. This is the first stage. Birth and death rates are both high, people are mostly illiterate and they have low levels of technology.
Option (2) Expanding Stage — Incorrect. This is the second stage. The death rate falls while the birth rate is still high, so population grows fast.
Option (3) Low Fluctuating Stage — Correct. This is the last stage. Both rates are low, and the population is urbanised, literate and has high technical know-how.
Option (4) Second Stage — Incorrect. The second stage is the expanding stage, when population grows fast. High technical know-how comes only in the last stage.
NCERT (2026-27): “In the last stage, both fertility and mortality decline considerably. The population is either stable or grows slowly. The population becomes urbanised, literate and has high technical know-how and deliberately controls the family size.”
Fig. 2.2: Demographic Transition Theory |
