Reason (R) : Government has fixed the legal age of marriage for girls and boys.
Codes :
Assertion (A) Correctness
Assertion (A) states that early marriage is a factor contributing to population growth in India. This is generally considered correct. Marrying at a younger age often leads to a longer reproductive span for individuals, potentially resulting in more children over time and thus contributing to population increase.
Reason (R) Correctness
Reason (R) states that the government has fixed the legal age of marriage for girls and boys. This is factually correct. India has laws, such as the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, which specify minimum legal ages for marriage (currently 18 years for females and 21 years for males).
Relationship Between Assertion and Reason
While both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct statements, Reason (R) does not provide the correct explanation for Assertion (A). The existence of a legal age limit for marriage (Reason R) is a measure intended to *prevent* or *reduce* issues associated with early marriage, including its potential impact on population growth. However, the legal age itself is not the *reason why* early marriage leads to population growth. The link between early marriage and population growth is based on demographic and social factors, such as earlier start of childbearing and longer potential reproductive periods, not the existence of the law.
Conclusion
Based on the analysis, both the assertion and the reason are true, but the reason does not explain the assertion. Therefore, the correct option is the one stating that both are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Correct Option: 4
Important Questions from Population Geography - Teaching
- Arrange the demographic cycle in sequential order:
A. Early Expanding (Decline of death rate while birth rate remains high)
B. Declining (Low death rates and birth rates fall below death rates)
C. High stationary (High birth and High death rate)
D. Low Stationary (Low birth and low death rate)
E. Late expanding (death rate declines and birth rate begins to fall)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: - Consider the following statements and choose the correct option.
Statement (A): Investment in non-farm activities in rural areas can reduce the rural urban migration.
Statement (R) : Migration increases during particular season when there are no agricultural activities in rural areas. - A population pyramid with big base and skinny top shows :
(a) High birth rates
(b) High death rates in higher age group
(c) Relatively large number of young population
(d) Large number of deaths of infants - Natural growth of population refers to :
- Who developed the theory of demographic transition ?
