This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Demography and family planning, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
What would be the Gross reproductive rate for a region with a total feility rate of 6, with Male: Female ratio of 1? 
Select and explain. 
A. 2, B. 3, C. 5, D. 6
B: 3
Answer: B: 3 
Explanation: Gross reproduction rate is the average number of girls that would be born to a woman if she experiences the current feility pattern throughout her reproductive spanIt will be half of the total feility rate, so 3ie, in her lifetime she gives bih to 6 children of which 3 are girls (Ref:- Park. 23rd ed. Page no 489)