Q 1 – When was Human Resource Development Ministry formed in India at central level of Government?
(a) In 1990
(b) In 1985
(c) In 2004
(d) In 2009
Q 2 – More than 90% of World’s population lives in about of land surface?
(a) 20%
(b) 30%
(c) 50%
(d) 35%
Q 3 – The average density of world’s population is
(a) 10 persons per square kilometre
(b) 80 persons per square kilometre
(c) 20 persons per square kilometre
(d) 51 persons per square kilometer
Q 4 – The highest density of the population in the world is in
(a) Europe
(b) South America
(c) South central Asia
(d) none of these
Q 5 – Which of the following is not the region where very few people live?
(a) High altitudes areas
(b) Plains
(c) High mountains
(d) Equatorial forest area
Q 5 – Which of the following is not the region where very few people live?
(a) High altitudes areas
(b) Plains
(c) High mountains
(d) Equatorial forest area
Q 6 – The population of the world is
(a) 77 billions
(b) 7.0 billions
(c) 0.77 billions
(d) 0.077 billions
Q 7 – Movement of people in. and out of an area is called
(a) migration
(b) death rate
(c) birth rate
(d) growth rate
Q 8 – How have USA and Australia gained in respect of population growth?
(a) By immigration
(b) By tourism
(c) By both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Q 9 – Which of the following countries has slow growth rate of population?
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) United Kingdom
(d) Brazil
Q 10 – Which country has high population growth rate?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Kenya
(c) India
(d) China
Q 10 – Which country has high population growth rate?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Kenya
(c) India
(d) China
Q 12 – Fill in the blanks’
- The abrupt and sharp increase in population is known as population …………………… .
- The difference between birth rate and death rate is termed as …………………… .
- Topography is the …………………… cause of uneven distribution of the population in the world.
- The greatest resource of a nation is …………………… .
- …………………… countries developed economically and industrially.
Q 13 – Human resources are not equally distributed over the world. Why?
Q 14 – Why are people considered a resource?
Q 15 – What is an age-sex pyramid?
Q 16 – How crowded a country is, has little to do with its level of economic development. Explain with help of example.
Q 17 – What is meant by population composition?
Q 18 – What has caused the population explosion?
Q 19 – Until the 1800s, the world’s population grew steadily but slowly.’ Why?
Q 20 – Discuss the role of any two factors influencing population change.
Q 21 – What are population pyramids? How do they help in understanding about the population of a country?
Q 22 – Describe how various factors affect population distribution.
or
What factors affect population density?