Assertion A The decades 1951 1981 are referred to as the period of population explosion in India Rea...........

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Assertion (A): The decades 1951-1981 are referred to as the period of population explosion in India.

Reason (R): After the Independence, that developmental activities were introduced througha centralised planning process and economy started showing up ensuring the improvement of living condition of people at large.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is true but (R) is false.

(A) is false but (R) is true.

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Explanation:

The decades 1951-1981 are referred to as the period of population explosion in India, which was caused by a rapid fall in the mortality rate but a high fertility rate of population in the country. The average annual growth rate was as high as 2.2 percent. It is in this period, after the Independence, that developmental activities were introduced through a centralised planning process and economy started showing up ensuring the improvement of living condition of people at large. Consequently, there was a high natural increase and higher growth rate.