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| 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. |
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. |
| 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. |
