Reason (R) : Government has fixed the legal age of marriage for girls and boys.
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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: - Which of the following statements are true with respect to stationary and stable population?
A. A stationary population is not always stable.
B. A stationary population is always stable.
C. A stable population need not be stationary.
D. In stationary population, the rate of overall change in the population is zero
E. In stable population, the rate of overall change in population is constant (not necessary zero)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: - Natural growth of population refers to :
- Who developed the theory of demographic transition ?
Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List - I
(General Terms)
List - II
(Definitions)
I. Crude birth rate A. Births over deaths per thousand of population II. General fertility rate B. Number of deaths per thousand of population III. Natural increase of population C. Ratio between number of births and number of females in productive age IV. Death rate D. Ratio between the number of births and total population
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