The World Population: Distribution, Density and Growth Class 12 MCQs Questions with Answers
Multiple Choice Questions:
Question 1.
Which one of the following continents has the highest growth of population?
(a) Africa
(b) South America
(c) Asia
(d) North America
Answer
Answer: (a) Africa
Question 2.
Which one of the following is not an area of sparse population?
(a) The Atacama
(b) Equatorial Region
(c) South-East Asia
(d) Polar Regions
Answer
Answer: (c) South-East Asia
Question 3.
Which of the following is not a push factor?
(a) Water shortage
(b) Unemployment
(c) Medical/Educational facilities
(d) Epidemics
Answer
Answer: (c) Medical/Educational facilities
Question 4.
Which one of the following is not a fact?
(a) Human population increased more than ten times during the past 500 years
(b) Nearly 80 million people are added to the world population each year
(c) It took 100 years for the population to rise from five billions to six billions
(d) Population growth is high in the first stage of demographic transition
Answer
Answer: (c) It took 100 years for the population to rise from five billions to six billions
Question 5.
Which of the following is not one of the most populous countries?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Norway
(d) Brazil
Answer
Answer: (c) Norway
Question 6.
Which of the following is the factor affecting the population distribution?
(a) Availability of water
(b) Fertile soil
(c) Comfortable climate
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 7.
What was the world population at the beginning of the 21st century?
(a) Over 2.1 billion
(b) Over 6 billion
(c) Over 7.2 billion
(d) Over 9.1 billion
Answer
Answer: (b) Over 6 billion
Question 8.
Which of these statements is not true?
(a) Human population increase more than ten times in the past 500 years.
(b) Human population rose from 5 billion to 6 billion in 100 years.
(c) It took more than a million years for the human population to attain the one billion mark.
(d) In the twentieth century itself the human population has increased four times.
Answer
Answer: (b) Human population rose from 5 billion to 6 billion in 100 years.
Question 9.
Which are the components of population change?
(a) Birth rate
(b) Death rate
(c) Migration
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 10.
Which continent has the highest growth rate of population in the world in 2010¬2015?
(a) Asia
(b) Africa
(c) North America
(d) Europe
Answer
Answer: (b) Africa
Question 11.
Which of the following are the economical factors that affect the distribution of population?
(a) Landforms
(b) Industrialisation
(c) Urbanisation
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer
Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)
Question 12.
Which of the following is not a push factor for migration?
(a) Climate
(b) Unemployment
(c) Epidemics
(d) Security of life
Answer
Answer: (d) Security of life
