MCQ
The loss of forests, urbanization and increasing pollution due to:
- ✓Population explosion
- BGlobal warming
- CGreenhouse effect
- DOzone depletion
✓
Answer
Correct option: A.
Population explosion
a
Reason for high population growth are
Reason for high population growth are
$(i)$ Decline death rate
$(ii)$ Decline Maternal Mortality Rate $(MMR)$
$(iii)$ Decline infant mortality rate
These all factors are influenced by better medical services. According to $2001$ census report, the population growth rate was about $1.7\;%$. India's population got doubled in $33\; years$
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