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9th Class Social Science Population / जनसंख्या Question Bank Short Answer Type Questions - Population

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    Distinguish between dependent and productive population. Give two features of each.

    Answer:

             Dependent Population Productive Population
    (a) They are not actively productive, productive occupation. (a) The population is engaged in useful
    (b) This group comprises of children and  senior citizens (non-working). 34.3+6.9 =41.2% (2001) (b) Persons between 15-59 years (58.7% according to 2001 census).
    (c) They do not contribute to the national income. (c) They contribute to the national income.
    (d) They form dependent population and are supported by productive population. High dependency ratio has socio-economic implications. (Any three) (d) This age group is economically independent and supports dependent population of non-workers and children.


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