Question

The year ______ is described as the year of Great Divide. (Fill in the blank by choosing correct option)
1) 1921
2) 1947
3) 1951
4) 1971

Answer 1

To get a good understanding of why the year 1921 is known as a year of “Great Divide” or “Big Divide” one has to understand the demographic transitions and theories associated with it which tells about the various stages of population growth.
There are three stages of population growth.

Answer 2

Answer:

The year 1921 is described as the year of Great Divide.

• It is called the year of the great demographic divide due to the reason that from the same year onwards the population of India had started rising significantly every decade
• The year 1921 is a year of great divide in India's demographic history when mortality began to decline, resulting in acceleration of population growth rate  The population growth rate accelerated over the next three decades (1921-51) at a rate of more than one percent per year.