Question

Population explosion leads to ____________.

• A. Poverty
• B. Low standard of living
• C. Less speed of development
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All of the above

Population explosion leads to all of the options mentioned due to the following reasons:

• Poverty: Rapid growth of population is largely responsible for the perpetuation of a vicious circle of poverty in underdeveloped countries. On account of the rapid growth of population, people are required to spend a major part of their income on bringing up their children.
• Less Speed of Development: In less developed countries, most people live in rural areas and their main occupation is agriculture and if the population increases the land-man ratio is disturbed. Per capita availability of land for cultivation declined from 1.1 acres in 1911 to 0.6 acre in 1971 in our country which makes the size of holdings very small.
• Low Standard of Living: The standard of living is determined by their per capita income. The factors affecting per capita income in relation to population growth equally apply to the standard of living. The increase in population leads to an increased demand for food products, clothes, houses etc., but their supply cannot be increased due to the lack of co-operating factors like raw materials, skilled labour, and capital etc.