Population Composition Class 12 MCQs Questions with Answers
Multiple Choice Questions:
Question 1.
Which one of the following has caused the sex ratio of the United Arab Emirates to below?
(a) Selective migration of working population
(b) High birth rate of males
(c) Low birth rate of females
(d) High outmigration of females
Answer
Answer: (d) High outmigration of females
Question 2.
Identify the age group from the options that is called the working population.
(a) 15 to 65 years
(b) 15 to 66 years
(c) 15 to 59 years
(d) 15 to 64 years
Answer
Answer: (c) 15 to 59 years
Question 3.
Which country has recorded the highest sex ratio in the world?
(a) Qatar
(b) Latvia
(c) India
(d) France
Answer
Answer: (b) Latvia
Question 4.
According to the UNO, how many countries have sex ratio favourable for females?
(a) 139
(b) 192
(c) 168
(d) 123
Answer
Answer: (a) 139
Question 5.
According to the UNO, how many countries have sex ratio unfavourable for females?
(a) 13
(b) 92
(c) 72
(d) 23
Answer
Answer: (c) 72
Question 6.
Which diagram shows age-sex structure?
(a) A line graph
(b) A bar graph
(c) A pie diagram
(d) A population pyramid
Answer
Answer: (d) A population pyramid
Question 7.
In which country, is the lowest sex ratio found?
(a) Latvia
(b) Japan
(c) Qatar
(d) France
Answer
Answer: (c) Qatar
Question 8.
Which country’s population shows a constant population?
(a) India
(b) Japan
(c) Australia
(d) France
Answer
Answer: (c) Australia
Question 9.
The highest sex ratio in the world has been recorded in Latvia which is
(a) 85 males per 100 females
(b) 37 males per 100 females
(c) 108 males per 100 females
(d) 90 males per 100 males
Answer
Answer: (a) 85 males per 100 females
Question 10.
Which of the following are the characteristics of population in developed countries?
(a) Share of older people is large
(b) Population in higher age group has increased due to increased life expectancy
(c) The proportion of children has declined due to reduction in birth rates
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 11.
Which of the following age group is considered an ageing population?
(a) Above 30 years
(b) Above 40 years
(c) Above 50 years
(d) Above 60 years
Answer
Answer: (d) Above 60 years
Question 12.
Which country’s population shows expanding population?
(a) Japan
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Mexico
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer
Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)
Question 13.
Which of the following type of population pyramid is reflected by Australia?
(a) Constant
(b) Expanding
(c) Declining
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Constant
Question 14.
Which of the following options is reflected by the population pyramid of Japan?
(a) Low birth and high death rates
(b) High birth and low death rates
(c) Low birth and low death rates
(d) High birth and high death rates
Answer
Answer: (c) Low birth and low death rates
Question 15.
Which of the following options are reflected by the proportion of literate population of a country?
(a) Standard of Living
(b) Social status of females
(c) AvaiLabiLity of educational facilities
(d) ALL of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 16.
Answer
Answer: Expanding population.
