Question

Mention whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) Give reason in support of your answer

(a) Cow was the first domesticated animal

(b) Rapidly growing industries favoured population rise

(c) Present human population growth is following arithmetic progression

(d) Birth rate (natality is the number of live births per hundred people of population per decade.

(e) Tubectomy is a popular surgical method of contraception in human males

Answer 1

(a) False.

Dog was the first domesticated animal.

(b) True. Rapidly growing industries made human life more and more comfortable, with greater opportunities of jobs and with more production of food. All this favoured population rise.

(c) False. Present human population growth is following geometrical progression. (d) False. Birth Rate (natality) is the number of live births per 1000 people of population per year.

(e) False. Vasectomy is the surgical method of contraception in human males while tubectomy is the surgical method used in females.