Assertion: Unlike the death rate, the birth rate has not registered a sharp decline in India.
Reason: Birth rate is a sociocultural phenomenon that is relatively slow to change.
Reason: Birth rate is a sociocultural phenomenon that is relatively slow to change.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
Unlike the death rate, the birth rate has not registered a sharp fall in India. This is because the birth rate is a sociocultural phenomenon that is relatively slow to change. By and large, increased levels of prosperity exert a strong downward pull on the birth rate. Once infant mortality rates decline, and there is an overall increase in the levels of education and awareness, family size begins to fall.