Positive check as envisaged by Thomas Malthus can be prevented if

  • A death rate is reduced
  • B moral restraint abolished
  • C more hospitals are built
  • D there is natural calamities

The correct answer is D. there is natural calamities

The positive checks are: famine, war, disease, pestilence, floods and other natural calamities. To control over population resulting from the imbalance population and food supply, Malthus suggested preventive and positive checks.

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