Question and Answers of Chapter 4: Population Explosion in Pakistan

Q.1: What do you understand by overpopulation?
Ans: Overpopulation means when the resources are less than the number of people in the area. In that case, it becomes difficult for the people to meet their needs within the limited resources.

Q.2:What problem Pakistan if facing since its inception?
Ans: Pakistan is facing a number of problems since its inception. The most important among them are illiteracy, poverty, pollution, unemployment, terrorism, price hike, corruption and government instability etc. The remedy of all these problems lie in controlling the increase in population.

Q.3: What was the population of Pakistan in 1947?
Ans:  The population of Pakistan was 33 millions in 1947.

Q.4: What is meant by birth rate and how does it effect the population of country?
Ans: Birth rate means the number of births per year per thousand people of the population of a place. In Pakistan, the birth rate is very high. This high birth rate harms the economy of a country. In that case it becomes very difficult for a country to meet the growing needs of the huge population with its insufficient resources.

Q.5: How has life expectancy increased?
Ans: Life expectancy has increased because science has made astonishing progress in the field  of medicine. Now-a-days almost all diseases are curable. Thus the use of modern and improved health technology has very much increased life expectancy.

Q.6: How is economic growth hampered by overpopulation?
Ans:  Economic growth is badly hampered by overpopulation. the immense increase in population decreases  the purchasing power of the people. The investment in a country suffer a lot where the demand for the good decreases. Such a poor economy leads to closing of factories which results in joblessness, poverty, lawlessness and corruption.

Q.7: How can education play a key role in solving the problem of overpopulation?
Ans: Education can play a key role in solving the problem of overpopulation. By making people aware of the adverse effects of overpopulation will help in decreasing the problem. The people should be made aware that in order to make Pakistan a prosperous state, overpopulation must be reduced. As most of the people in our country are illiterate, the problem of overpopulation is becoming serious year by year.

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