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| Assertion: According to Thomas Robert Malthus, humanity is condemned to live in poverty forever. Reason: The growth of agricultural production will always be overtaken by population growth. |
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A A is false R is true A is true R is false. |
| Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. |
| Malthus’s theory of population growth – outlined in his Essay on Population (1798) – was a pessimistic one. He argued that human populations tend to grow at a much faster rate than the rate at which the means of human subsistence (specially food, but also clothing and other agriculture-based products) can grow. Therefore humanity is condemned to live in poverty forever because the growth of agricultural production will always be overtaken by population growth. |
