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What is population growth? What does population change
indicate for an area?

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Population growth or population change refers to the change in the number of inhabitants of a territory during a specific period of time. It is an important indicator of economic development and historical and cultural background of the region.
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  • Human population growth is:

    A
    lag
    B
    stationary
    C
    exponential
    D
    none of these

  • The population growth equation describes a population that -

    A
    Grows without limits
    B
    Grows rapidly at small population sizes, but whose growth rate slows and eventually stops as the population reaches the number the environment can support
    C
    Rapidly overshoots the number the environment can support and then fluctuates around this number
    D
    Grows very rapidly and then crashes when the environmental resources are used up

  • Human population growth in India.

    A
    tends to follow a sigmoid curve as in case of many other animal species
    B
    tends to reach zero population growth as in case of some animal species
    C
    can be reduced by permitting natural calamities and enforcing birth control measures
    D
    can be regulated by following the national programme of family planning

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