UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 21
Consider the following specific stages of demographic transition associated with economic development:
- Low birthrate with low death rate
- High birthrate with high death rate
- High birthrate with low death rate
Select the correct order of the above stages using the codes given below:
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Correct answer: C
Correct Option: C
Explanation: The demographic-transition sequence is high births/high deaths, then high births/low deaths, and finally low births/low deaths: 2 → 3 → 1.
Option-wise Analysis:
A: Incorrect - A begins with the low-birth/low-death stage instead of the pre-transition stage.
B: Incorrect - B incorrectly places the mature low-rate stage before the transitional population surge.
C: Correct - Correct: the sequence is 2, 3, 1; the option text appears to have formatting corruption.
D: Incorrect - D incorrectly starts with the high-birth/low-death expansion stage.
Review Note: Source CSV appears to corrupt the option strings “2, 3, 1” etc. as “2, 3, 2001”.