Push and Pull Factors

Q. Which of the following is a pull factor for migration?

1. War
2. Flood
3. Employment opportunities
4. Lack of healthcare

Q. What is the most common reason for migration of women in India?

1. Education
2. Economic benefit
3. Employment
4. Marriage

Q. Identify the major reason for migration of men in India.

1. Marriage
2. Education
3. Occupation
4. Adventure

Q. Choose the correct answer.

Assertion (A): Women migrate more than men in India.
Reason (R): Women migrate mostly for better education.

1. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
2. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
3. A is true but R is false.
4. A is false but R is true.

Q. Identify the reasons for migration among the poor sections of the population.

1. Seasonal employment
2. Entertainment
3. Survival
4. Overcoming distressing conditions

Q. In 1964, a cyclone hit Dhanushkodi. This made life almost impossible for the people there. In 1965, Madhu's family moved to Chennai from Dhanushkodi. Now, Madhu and her family live in the outskirts of Chennai.

Which of the following is true?

1. Migration of Madhu's family was due to push factors.
2. Migration of Madhu's family was due to pull factors.
3. The moving of Madhu's family cannot be considered migration.
4. The moving of Madhu's family can be considered migration.

Q. Lakhpat was an important port city in northwest India. In 1819, an earthquake hit the city, and its inhabitants were forced to abandon it. Now, it is uninhabited land.

Which of the following is/are true?

1. The migration of its people was caused by a push factor.
2. The migration of its people was caused by a pull factor.
3. Natural disasters, like earthquakes, are push factors for migration.
4. Natural disasters, like earthquakes, are pull factors for migration.

Q. Select the bubbles that show the push factors for migration.

1. Poverty
2. Lack
   of healthcare
3. Flood
4. Drought
5. Job
   oppurtunities
6. Good
   infrastructure
7. War
8. Local conflict

Q. are those factors that attract people towards a region.

1. Pull factors
2. Push factors
3. Press factors
4. Propel factors