Question

Complete the following sentence.

Birth rate is _______.

• A. the number of births per sq. km.
• B. the number of births in a year.
• C. the number of live births per thousand persons in a year.
• D. the number of births in a country.

Answer 1

The correct option is C the number of live births per thousand persons in a year.

The birth rate is the number of live births per thousand persons in a year. The birth rate and death rate are major components that affect the natural growth of any country’s population. In India, birth rates have always been higher than death rates.