Question

Mention whether the following statement is true (T) or False (F). Give reason in support of your answer.
(a) The cow was the first domesticated animal.
(b) Rapidly growing industries favoured population rise.
(c) Present human population growth is following the arithmetic progression.
(d) Birth rate (natality) is the number of live births per hundred people of population per decade.
(e) Tubectomy is a popular surgical method of contraception in human males.

Answer 1

(a) False

Dog was the first domesticated animal.

(b) True

Rapidly growing industries made human life more comfortable, with greater opportunities for jobs and more production of food.

(c) False

Present human population growth is following the geometric progression.

(d) False

Birth rate (natality) is the number of live births per 1000 people of population per year.

(e) False

Vasectomy is a popular surgical method of contraception in human males whereas tubectomy is females.