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Population stabilisation and birth control: the need sheet
3-mark answer frame

Why is population stabilisation needed in India? List the features of an ideal contraceptive.

How to lay out the answer. Follow the frame, then write it in your own words.

  1. 1 · State the problem. Rapid population growth causes a shortage of basic needs such as food, shelter and clothing.
  2. 2 · Give the reasons. A fall in the death rate, MMR and IMR, and more people of reproducible age.
  3. 3 · Steps taken. Motivating small families ('Hum Do Hamare Do'), contraception, and a legal marriageable age of 18 for women and 21 for men.
  4. 4 · Features of an ideal contraceptive. User-friendly, easily available, effective, reversible, few side effects, and no interference with sexual drive or the sexual act.
  5. 5 · Close in one line. So birth control with safe, reversible methods helps stabilise the population.

Scoring tip: Write 'reversible' and 'no interference with sexual drive'. These are the two features most often missed.