Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

Fundamentals of Human Geography: World Population-Distribution, Density and growth

Question:

Identify scholar, who voiced his concern about the growing scarcity of resources as compared to the human population ?

Options:

Griffith Taylor

Robert Malthus

Ratzel

Karl Marx 

Correct Answer:

Robert Malthus

Explanation:
Thomas Malthus in his theory (1798) stated that the number of people would increase faster than the food supply. Any further increase would result in a population crash caused by famine, disease and war. The preventive checks are better than the physical checks. For the sustainability of our resources, the world will have to control the rapid population increase.