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Answer : 1. "ahead"
Q:Read the following passage carefully and give answer the following questions.
Two hundred years after Malthus predicted that population growth would overtake food production by a margin of 256 to 9, the simple fact is that food production had always been ahead of the population growth. Malthus’ doomsday prediction simply did not come true due to two major reasons: first, population did not grow geometrically and birth rates in all Western countries fell during the 20- Century, resulting in very slow population growth. Over the past quarter century, birth rates have been falling in the developing countries too. Second, modern agricultural practices and better irrigation have resulted in tremendous growth in food production in almost all parts of the globe, with the notable exception of sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, at the global level, the Malthusian doomsday never befell on us.
India’s population grew by about two and a half times in the past 45 years — from 361 million in 1951 to an estimated 916 million in 1995. But during the same period, India’s food grain production grew by nearly four times — from 51 million tonnes in 1951 to 191 million tonnes in 1995. As a result, the per capita food grain availability in India has gone up considerably since the Independence. That is, the Malthusian prediction has not come true even in India.
In the past forty-five years, India’s population has grown about
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5f56f89bc6226409bb493a51Two hundred years after Malthus predicted that population growth would overtake food production by a margin of 256 to 9, the simple fact is that food production had always been ahead of the population growth. Malthus’ doomsday prediction simply did not come true due to two major reasons: first, population did not grow geometrically and birth rates in all Western countries fell during the 20- Century, resulting in very slow population growth. Over the past quarter century, birth rates have been falling in the developing countries too. Second, modern agricultural practices and better irrigation have resulted in tremendous growth in food production in almost all parts of the globe, with the notable exception of sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, at the global level, the Malthusian doomsday never befell on us.
India’s population grew by about two and a half times in the past 45 years — from 361 million in 1951 to an estimated 916 million in 1995. But during the same period, India’s food grain production grew by nearly four times — from 51 million tonnes in 1951 to 191 million tonnes in 1995. As a result, the per capita food grain availability in India has gone up considerably since the Independence. That is, the Malthusian prediction has not come true even in India.
- 1three and a half timesfalse
- 2two and a half timestrue
- 3five timesfalse
- 4one and a half timesfalse
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Answer : 2. "two and a half times"
Q:Read the following passage carefully and give answer the following questions.
Two hundred years after Malthus predicted that population growth would overtake food production by a margin of 256 to 9, the simple fact is that food production had always been ahead of the population growth. Malthus’ doomsday prediction simply did not come true due to two major reasons: first, population did not grow geometrically and birth rates in all Western countries fell during the 20- Century, resulting in very slow population growth. Over the past quarter century, birth rates have been falling in the developing countries too. Second, modern agricultural practices and better irrigation have resulted in tremendous growth in food production in almost all parts of the globe, with the notable exception of sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, at the global level, the Malthusian doomsday never befell on us.
India’s population grew by about two and a half times in the past 45 years — from 361 million in 1951 to an estimated 916 million in 1995. But during the same period, India’s food grain production grew by nearly four times — from 51 million tonnes in 1951 to 191 million tonnes in 1995. As a result, the per capita food grain availability in India has gone up considerably since the Independence. That is, the Malthusian prediction has not come true even in India.
Malthus doomsday prediction did not come true due to two major reasons. They are
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5f56f845c6226409bb493a1aTwo hundred years after Malthus predicted that population growth would overtake food production by a margin of 256 to 9, the simple fact is that food production had always been ahead of the population growth. Malthus’ doomsday prediction simply did not come true due to two major reasons: first, population did not grow geometrically and birth rates in all Western countries fell during the 20- Century, resulting in very slow population growth. Over the past quarter century, birth rates have been falling in the developing countries too. Second, modern agricultural practices and better irrigation have resulted in tremendous growth in food production in almost all parts of the globe, with the notable exception of sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, at the global level, the Malthusian doomsday never befell on us.
India’s population grew by about two and a half times in the past 45 years — from 361 million in 1951 to an estimated 916 million in 1995. But during the same period, India’s food grain production grew by nearly four times — from 51 million tonnes in 1951 to 191 million tonnes in 1995. As a result, the per capita food grain availability in India has gone up considerably since the Independence. That is, the Malthusian prediction has not come true even in India.
- 1rapid growth in population and industrial developmentfalse
- 2increase in per capital income and economic progressfalse
- 3very slow growth in population and modern agricultural practices and better irrigationtrue
- 4better facilities in health and hygienefalse
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Answer : 3. "very slow growth in population and modern agricultural practices and better irrigation"
Q: Himachal Pradesh government has decided to reduce the percentage of syllabus for annual examinations?
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5f55fe65d094fa460c07a1f3- 120 percentfalse
- 240 percentfalse
- 350 percentfalse
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Answer : 4. "30 percent"
Q: Which list released by the United Nations agency WIPO has been ranked 48th (in the top 50) for the first time?
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5f55fe14d094fa460c079f81- 1Academic Rankingfalse
- 2Unchecked rankingfalse
- 3Innovation Rankingtrue
- 4Motivation Rankingfalse
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Answer : 3. "Innovation Ranking"
Q: Who has become the player to win the highest number of US Open matches in the Women and Men category with 102 wins?
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5f55fdcc79cfd646ddccce12- 1Sunita Williamsfalse
- 2Serena Williamstrue
- 3Kalpana Chawlafalse
- 4Sunita Yadavfalse
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Answer : 2. "Serena Williams"
Q: What percentage of domestic flights have been approved by the central government to Indian airlines?
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5f55fd8ca851c36f8ae0ea4c- 120 percentfalse
- 240 percentfalse
- 360 percenttrue
- 450 percentfalse
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Answer : 3. "60 percent"
Q: Which forum will Prime Minister Narendra Modi address at 9 pm tonight?
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5f55fd3d79cfd646ddccc8bf- 1Japan-India Strategic Partnership Forumfalse
- 2Israel-India Strategic Partnership Forumfalse
- 3Russia-India Strategic Partnership Forumfalse
- 4US-India Strategic Partnership Forumtrue
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