1] Which of the following continent has the highest population growth? Which of the following continent has the highest population growth?
A- Africa
B- Asia
C- North America
D- none of these
Ans- A
2] Which one of the following is not a sparsely populated area?
A- Atacama
B- Polar region
C- South-East Asia
D- None of these
Ans- C
3] Which of the following is a repulsion factor?
A- Unemployment
B- Pandemic
C- War
D- All of the above
Ans- A
4] Which is the most populated country in the world?
A- India
B- Pakistan
C- Russia
D- China
Ans-D
5] In which of the following areas do not more than 200 people live per square kilometer?
A- North Eastern part of USA
B- Northwest part of Europe
C- South-East and East Asia
D- Hot and cold desert
Ans-D
6] Which one of the following is not one of the geographical factors affecting the distribution of population?
A- landform
B- climate
C- water availability
D- fire availability
Ans-D
7] Which one of the following soils is most cultivated?
A- hilly soil
B- sandy soil
C- loamy soil
D- none of these
Ans- C
8] Which one of the following is not one of the reasons for high population density?
A- fertile land
B- flat plain
C- good climate
D- desert
Ans-D
9] Which of the following is a component of population change?
A- Birth
B- Death
C- Migration
D- All of the above
Ans-D
10] Which of the following is the appropriate definition of birth rate?
A- birth of children per thousand women
B- expressing the crude birth rate in terms of live births per thousand women
C- expressing the refined birth rate in terms of live births per thousand women
D- None of these
Ans- B
11] Which of the following is not a repulsive factor for migration?
A- Unemployment
B- Disaster
C- Good living facility
D- Lack of education facility
Ans- C
12] Which one of the following is not one of the economic factors affecting population distribution?
A- Urbanization
B- Industrialization
C- Mineralization
D- Ruralization
Ans-D
13] Which definition is correct with respect to immigrant?
A- when a local resident
leaves for some time B- migrant who moves to a new place
C- when someone goes abroad
D- none of these
Ans- B
14] Which one of the following is an objective of family planning?
A- to have children
B- to have a child in three years
C- to prevent and keep a gap in the birth of children
D- to plan
Ans- C
15] How long did it take for the human population to reach the initial one crore?
A- over 10 lakh years
B- 40 lakh years
C- 43 lakh years
D- more than 20 lakh years
Ans- A
16] The meaning of the term population distribution is taken from?
A- what is the function
of the people B- how are the
people distributed on the surface C- what is the proportion of people
D- none of these
Ans- B
17] "In Asia there are too few people in many places and too many people in fewer places" this statement was said by which scholar?
A- Malthus
B- Ratzel
C- George B. Cressy
D- None of these
Ans- C
18] Which one of the following factors does not affect the population distribution?
A- Availability of Water
B- Land Form
C- Climate
D- Means of Recreation
Ans-D
19] When people move from one place to another, the place from where people leave is called
A- Immigration
B- Emigration
C- Place of origin
D- Destination
Ans- C
20] Which of the following is not a component of population change?
A- Birth
B- Death
C- Migration
D- Urbanization
Ans-D
21] Which of the following conditions represents the final stage of the Demographic Transition Theory?
A- high fertility and high mortality
B- epidemics
C- uneducated
population D- urban population and technologically developed
Ans-D
22] Which of the following regions is an example of densely populated areas in the world?
A- Western China
B- Norway
C- North Eastern part of USA
D- North Pole
Ans- C
23] What is the average population density found in areas of medium density of the world?
B- 11 to 50 persons per
sq.km C- 200 persons per
sq.km D- none of these
Ans- B
24] Which of the following factors is an economic factor affecting population distribution?
A- Water
B- Climate
C- Culture
D- Minerals
Ans-D
25] Which of the following is a social and cultural factor affecting population distribution?
A- Urbanization
B- Minerals
C- Industrialization
D- Places of religious importance
Ans-D
26] Which of the following represents the actual growth of population?
A- birth-death
B- birth-death+migration-emigration
C- birth+death
D- none of these
Ans- B
27] Population growth rate is expressed as _____?
A- change in population as percentage
B- economic growth in
population C- decline in population
D- none of these
Ans- A
28] The difference of ____ in the natural growth of population increases the population of that area?
A- migration and immigration
B- birth and death
C- migration only
D- none of these
Ans- B
29] Which of the following features is associated with the second stage of the Demographic Transition Theory?
A- high fertility / high death
B- low life expectancy
C- improved health services
D- none of these
Ans- C
30] Which of the following continent has the highest population growth?
A- Africa
B- Asia
C- South America
D- North America
Ans- B
31] Thomas Malthus said in his theory ____?
A- food supply will increase
B- number of people will increase compared to
food supply C- there will be no change in food supply
D- none of these
Ans- B
