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There are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the options given below. Assertion: Malthus’s theory of population growth as outlined in his Essay on Population is an optimistic one. Reasoning: Mathus believed that population rises in geometric progression, the agricultural production can only grow in arithmetic progression. |
Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A. Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A. Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct. Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct. |
Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct. |
The correct answer is Option 4: Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct. Assertion: Malthus’s theory of population growth as outlined in his Essay on Population is an optimistic one. Incorrect. Malthus's theory is considered pessimistic, not optimistic. He argued that population growth would eventually outstrip food production, leading to poverty, famine, disease, and other hardships. Reason: Malthus believed that population rises in geometric progression, while agricultural production can only grow in arithmetic progression. Correct. According to Malthus, population tends to increase much more rapidly than the food supply. This imbalance forms the central argument of his theory. |
