Question

Assertion :The rate at which a population can be expected to grow in the future can be assessed graphically by means of a population pyramid. Reason: A triangular population pyramid is characteristic of a country whose population is stable neither growing nor shrinking.

• A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
• B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
• C. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
• D. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

Answer 1

The correct option is C Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect

The rate at which a population can be expected to grow in the future can be assessed graphically by means of a population pyramid-a bar graph displaying the numbers of people in each age category Males are conventionally showed to the left of the vertical age axis and females at the right.

In general, rectangular pyramids are characteristic of countries whose population are stable their numbers neither growing nor shrinking.

A triangular pyramid is characteristic of a country that will exhibit rapid future growth as years, inverted triangles are characteristic of population that are shrinking.

So, the correct answer is 'Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect'.