Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is correct?

  1. Cropping pattern in India is quite balanced.

  2. India is passing through the first stage of demographic transition.

  3. India's population is the second largest in the world.

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

India has the second largest population in the world after China. The cropping pattern in India is heavily skewed toward food grains, not balanced. India has moved past the first stage of demographic transition (high birth and death rates) and is in the second stage with declining death rates and birth rates starting to decline.

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