WAEC Economics 1998 Question 21

Malthus' major contention is that

1. A.population increased in arithmetic progression while food production increased in geometric progression
2. B.population increased in geometric progression while food production increased in arithmetic progression
3. C.population and food growth rate will, in future, be at par
4. D.nations have to get enough manpower to cultivate available land for food
5. E.output from agriculture decreased as more and more of the poorer lands were brought into cultivation