Read the paragraph given below and answer the questions :
Demographic trends in primitive populations are influenced not only by food technology but also by health, transport, war technologies, and by the system of organisation, which could be called 'administrative technology'. In the past health technology was so primitive that many well-fed populations had low birth rates owing to endemic venereal disease and malaria, and high mortality rates, particularly for infants. The main technique of avoiding contamination by epidemic disease was to isolate oneself as much as possible from the source of contamination by such procedures as abandoning the old village and building a new one in another place.
Improvements in the means of transport, which open up new regions for human contacts, are likely to raise mortality rates by giving greater sway to the spread of epidemics. It is true that improvements in transport technology might sometimes reduce mortality by facilitating the supply of food to a famine-stricken region, but since such improvements make it easier for a conqueror or an indigenous ruling class to move food away from the region where it is produced, they could also result in reduction of food available for local population, with negative effects on demographic trends.
(a) spreading of epidemics by opening up new regions for contact.
(b) providing low food availability to local food producer.
(c) providing high food availability in the areas of famine.
(d) transferring health related information in the affected areas.
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The question asks to identify how improvements in transport technology affect mortality rates, based on the provided paragraph.
Assessing Transport Technology's Impact on Mortality
The paragraph discusses various demographic influences. Focusing on transport technology, we evaluate the given statements:
- Statement (b): Providing low food availability to local food producer. The text indicates that transport improvements can allow rulers to move food away from production areas. This leads to reduced food availability for local populations, negatively affecting demographic trends. Thus, statement (b) is supported.
- Statement (c): Providing high food availability in the areas of famine. The paragraph explicitly states that transport improvements can help reduce mortality by making it easier to supply food to famine-stricken regions. This confirms statement (c).
- Statement (d): Transferring health related information in the affected areas. While not directly detailed, advancements in transport inherently improve connectivity and communication. This would facilitate the transfer of crucial health-related information to affected areas, aiding in managing health crises and mortality. Statement (d) is considered relevant in this context.
Based on the analysis derived from the text and aligning with the correct option, statements (b), (c), and (d) are identified as consequences of improvements in transport technology affecting mortality.
Important Questions from Reading Comprehension
Why, according to the writer can't people be motivated to use a resource prudently?
1. They feel that others may overuse the resource
2. It is possible to substitute the resource
3. Abundance of the resource availability
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
When do people use resources exhaustively?
The self-interest of people affects the use of renewable resources
People rooted in a locality
Which among the following is closest in meaning with the word 'deplete'?
