Population And Development

A. increasing at an increasing rate
B. decreasing
C. zero
D. 100%

A. labor force participation rate
B. per capita population ratio
C. dependency ratio
D. None of these

A. reduce yield losses by pests while minimizing the negative effects of pest control
B. have year-round plantings of a single crop
C. undertake monoculture pest planning
D. encompass biological control through fertilizers

I- international Center for the Improvement of Maize and Wheat (CIMMYT)
II- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
III- Synthetic Rubber Research Institute (SRRI)
IV- Center for International Agricultural production Control (CIAPC)

A. I only
B. I and II only
C. III and IV only
D. Iv only

A. supported the Club of Rome’s Limits to Growth for estimating technical change
B. assumed that population growth causes technological progress
C. used the second law of thermodynamics to assume that technological progress is costless
D. assumed the classical view of technological change 6

A. a decline in fertility
B. The demographic transition from stage 3 to stage 2
C. increases in the ratio of labor to capital
D. an increase in the dependency ratio

A. 40%
B. 10%
C. 80%
D. 0.10%

A. increased proportionally to economic growth
B. increased geometrically, outstripping food supply which grew arithmetically
C. increased stagnantly with food supply and economic development
D. increased disproportionately surpassing agricultural production

A. 80%
B. 50%
C. 25%
D. 35%

A. increasing returns to natural resources with a direct impact on average food consumption
B. increased urbanization and congestion
C. a higher labor force growth rate and higher unemployment
D. a working population that must support a large number of dependents