Question

In which of the following demographic transition stages, the intensive subsistence farming is prevalent?
1. Stage - I
2. Stage - II
3. Stage - III
4. Stage - IV
5.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Stage - II

The correct answer is Stage - II.

• There are five stages of the demographic transition model.
• Stage-II:- The Industrial Revolution.
  • Improvement in farming techniques, increase in the food supply, the practice of intensive subsistence farming by rural societies.
  • Better nutrition, water supply, sewage, and personal hygiene and improvement in the public health system.

• Stage-I:- The Pre-Industrial Stage
  • High infant mortality and very low life expectancy.
  • Rural societies were dependent on subsistence agriculture.
• Stage-III:- Post-Industrial Revolution
  • The mechanisation of farming and increase in production of crops for sale, better irrigation facilities.
  • An increase in the status and education of women.
  • The gap between birth and death rates narrows down.
• Stage-IV:- Stabilization
  • Innovation in agriculture to feed the increasing population.
  • Birth control is widely in exercise.
  • Both birth and death rates are low.
• Stage- V:- Declining population
  • Birth rates may drop to well below replacement level.
  • Death rates increase because of bad lifestyle diseases like obesity, stress and diabetes.