IT CAN BE INFERRED FROM THE PASSAGE THAT THE LIMITING FACTORS IN POP...
15: It can be inferred from the passage that the limiting factors in population growth have been lessened because of __________.A. precaution B. disasters C. improved technology D. scarcityThe population of the world has increased more in modern times than in all other ages of history combined. World population totaled about 500 million in 1650. It doubled in the period from 1650 1850. Today, the population is about 6.6 billion. No one knows the limits of the population that the earth can support. Thomas Malthus, an English economist, developed a theory that became widely accepted in the nineteenth century. He suggested that because world population tended to increase more rapidly than food supply, we should continuously constrain available resources. Malthus cited wars, famines, epidemics and other disasters as in the usual limitations of world population growth. With recent advances in science and technology, including improved agricultural methods and great progresses in medicine, some of the limiting factors in population growth have been lessened, with obvious results. International organizations have put forward several recommendations to alleviate the problem of overpopulation, including an increase in food production, general economic development in target areas, and a decrease in birth rates. Most experts agree that it will be necessary to combine all three recommendations in an effort to affect a lasting solution. (Adapted from Barron’s TOEFL)