Question

Robert Malthus in his Essay on Population stated that

• A. population grows at arithmetic rate and the food at the geometric rate
• B. population grows at geometric rate and the food at the arithmetic rate
• C. population grows at the same rate as food
• D. population can grow indefinitely if enough food is provided

Answer 1

The correct option is B

population grows at geometric rate and the food at the arithmetic rate

The correct option is B.

Explanation of the correct option:

1. Robert Malthus is an English economist and demographer.
2. He stated that population growth exceeds the growth of food as the population increases geometrically and food increases arithmetically.
3. Population growth is defined as the increase in the number of individuals of a species over a period of time.
4. The current growth of the population in the world is 1.1%.

Explanation of the incorrect options:

Option A :

1. The growth of food cannot be economically possible to be more than the growth of the population.
2. So population and food cannot grow at an arithmetic rate and geometric rate respectively.

Option C:

1. The rate of population growth is always more than the rate of growth of food.

Option D:

1. The population cannot grow indefinitely if there is not sufficient food for the survival of the existing population.

Final answer: Robert Malthus in his Essay on Population stated that the population grows at a geometric rate and food at an arithmetic rate.