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Reproductive Health — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYReproductive Health1 Mark
MCQ
Who was the first scientist to estimate the human population:
  • A
    Darwin
  • B
    Malthus
  • C
    Garrod
  • D
    Vavilor
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Answer

  1. Malthus

Explanation:

Malthus in his "Essay on the principle of population" (1798) pointed out that population tends to increase in geometric progression while food supply increase only in arithmetic progression.

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