Q. Which among the following is called the year of the great divide in the demographic history of India?
Answer: 1921
Notes: The year 1921, is a year of the great divide in the demographic history of India when mortality started to decline leading to acceleration in the rate of population growth. Since 1921, population has been increasing at a rapid rate. The trend of growth of population in India, since 1921, has been consistently on the rise. That is why Census commissioner has referred the year 1921 as year of Great Divide. This increase was higher than that of the previous thirty years.

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