Assertion (A): India's population grew faster after 1921 than before it.
Reason (R): The death rate began to fall after 1921 while the birth rate stayed high.

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When deaths fall and births do not, the gap between them, which is the growth rate, widens.
That is the second stage of the transition, which began after 1921. R explains A.

Concept: Demographic transition
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Assertion (A): India's population grew faster after 1921 than before it.Reason (R): The death rate began to fall after 1921 while the birth rate stayed high.

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Assertion (A): India's population grew faster after 1921 than before it.
Reason (R): The death rate began to fall after 1921 while the birth rate stayed high.