Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Population-Distribution,Density, Growth and Composition

Question:

Which of the following statements is/are NOT correct?

Options:

Growth of population is the change in the number of people living in a particular area between two points of time.

Its rate is expressed in absolute terms.

Population growth has two components namely; natural and induced.

Both 1 and 3

Correct Answer:

Its rate is expressed in absolute terms.

Explanation:

Growth of population is the change in the number of people living in a particular area between two points of time. Its rate is expressed in percentage. Population growth has two components namely; natural and induced. While the natural growth is analysed by assessing the crude birth and death rates, the induced components are explained by the volume of inward and outward movement of people in any given area.