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with our resources. Thus, we must control the increase in population

with everybody’s help.

AT ONE GO

 India is the most populous country in the world.
 The density of population of India is 382 persons per square kilometre. It is very high in
comparison to the world’s average density, which is 45 persons per square kilometre.
 Our population is increasing rapidly as the death rate is falling because of better health
facilities.

REMEMBER THESE TERMS

Human resources : Those who work on the natural resources of a country to produce
wealth and raise the standard of living.

Density of population : Number of persons living per square kilometre of an area.

Check Your Study

A. Tick () the correct answers.

1. Educated and skilled people are considered a

(a) machine (b) burden (c) resource

2. India has per cent of the total population of the world.

(a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 25

3. This is a thickly populated State of India.
(a) West Bengal (b) Nagaland (c) Rajasthan

4. About half of the total population of India is
(a) rich (b) poor (c) very rich

5. The rapid growth of population in India is creating
(a) problems (b) prosperity (c) progress

B. Fill in the blanks with information from the text.

1. About per cent of the our population lives in villages.

2. There are more than cities in India whose population is more
than ten lakhs.

3. The of India is growing at a rapid rate.

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