Q92
Geography (incl. West Bengal)Population, Census & Tribes
Darwin and Wallace were both strongly influenced by the book 'An Essay on the Principle of Population' written by
- a.Erasmus.
- b.Malthus.
- c.Volterra.
- d.Lamarck.
Answer: (B) Malthus.
Thomas Robert Malthus wrote 'An Essay on the Principle of Population' (1798), arguing that population grows geometrically while food supply grows arithmetically, leading to checks like famine and disease. Both Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace cited Malthus as a key influence on their theory of natural selection through competition.