Which of the following are true about the growth of population in India?
(A) An important aspect of population growth in India is the growth of its adolescents.
(B) The phase of 1951-1981 is referred to as the period of population explosion in India.
(C) Population growth has two components, namely; natural and induced.
(D) The induced growth is analyzed by assessing the crude birth and death rates.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (C) only
Growth of population is the change in the number of people living in an area between two points of time. It has two parts. Natural growth comes from births and deaths inside the area. Induced growth comes from people moving in and moving out, that is, migration.
(A) An important aspect of population growth in India is the growth of its adolescents. — Correct. Adolescents are young people of 10-19 years. They were about one-fifth of India’s people in 2011. This large young group can help the country a lot if it is guided well, so its growth matters.
(B) The phase of 1951-1981 is referred to as the period of population explosion in India. — Correct. After 1951, better health care made the death rate fall fast, but the birth rate stayed high. More people were born than died, so the population grew very quickly. The average annual growth rate went up to 2.2 per cent.
(C) Population growth has two components, namely; natural and induced. — Correct. Natural growth depends on births and deaths. Induced growth depends on migration into and out of the area.
(D) The induced growth is analyzed by assessing the crude birth and death rates. — Incorrect. Birth and death rates measure natural growth. Induced growth is measured by the number of people who move in and move out. NTA swapped ‘natural’ for ‘induced’, and a true line of the book became false. Read every word before you mark the answer.
NCERT (2026-27): “Growth of Population … 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.” “Phase III : The decades 1951-1981 are referred to as the period of population explosion in India, which was caused by a rapid fall in the mortality rate but a high fertility rate of population in the country.” “An important aspect of population growth in India is the growth of its adolescents. At present the share of adolescents i.e., up to the age group of 10-19 years is about 20.9 per cent (2011), among which male adolescents constitute 52.7 per cent and female adolescents constitute 47.3 per cent.” |