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Study the following graph to answer the questions given:

(a) Which year marks the beginning of the three decades of accelerated population growth?

(b) Why is 1921 called the year of great divide?                                 [NCT 2004]

Or

The year 1921 is called "the year of great divide". Support the statement by giving two examples.  [DAV2005]

Answer:

(a) 1951 marks the beginning of the three decades of accelerated population growth.

(b) 1921 is called the year of great divide because till 1921, India had a chequered rate of growth of population, due to high death rate, but after 1921, due to better health facilities, the death rate started decreasing, but the birth rate remained high.