Education population and environment linkages – UGC NET Question

Statements A, B, C and E are correct because female education influences fertility, education builds environmental awareness, integrated curricula illuminate population–resource linkages and lifelong learning helps people adjust to changing environmental and economic conditions. D is wrong, since education clearly shapes demographic behaviour and environmental choices, and F is wrong because literacy and numeracy underpin informed participation. Thus, the correct combination includes A, B, C and E and excludes D and F.

Option A:
Option A is incorrect because it omits E, thereby ignoring how learning beyond formal schooling contributes to adaptation in a changing environment and labour market. Without E, the picture of education’s role remains incomplete.

Option B:
Option B is incorrect as it accepts D, which denies education’s influence on demographic and environmental outcomes. Including D runs counter to a large body of demographic and environmental education research.

Option C:
Option C is correct since it gathers the four statements that reflect accepted linkages between education, population and environment while rejecting the two that minimise or misrepresent education’s role. It captures both formal and lifelong learning dimensions.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect because it accepts F and omits A. F wrongly claims that basic skills are irrelevant for decision-making, while excluding A ignores one of the most robust findings about female education and fertility.