Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Indian Society: Demographic Structure of Indian Society

Question:
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.
Options:
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.
Correct Answer:
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Explanation:
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.