Human Reproduction Question 286

Question: Who was the first scientist to estimate the human population [DPMT 1992]

Options:

A) Darwin

B) Malthus

C) Garrod

D) Vavilor

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

Malthus in his ?Essay on the principle of population? (1798) pointed out that population tends to increase in geometric progression while food supply increase only in arithmetic progression.