Population and Its Growth

Q. Population growth depends on which of the following factors?

1. Birth rate
2. Immigration
3. Death rate
4. Annual rainfall

Q. ___________ indicates the number of deaths in a particular population per 1000 people in a year.

1. Birth rate
2. Migration
3. Death rate
4. Pull factors

Q. is defined as the percentage of people in a given population that can read and write with understanding.

1. Birth rate
2. Death rate
3. Literacy rate
4. Fertility rate

Q. What does a country's birth rate refer to?

1. Number of live births per year
2. Number of live births per thousand of population per year
3. Number of live births per thousand of population every decade
4. Number of live births

Q. Natural increase in population is the sum of the birth rate and the death rate.

1. True
2. False

Q. What is the total number of deaths under one year of age for every thousand live births in a year known as?

1. Death rate
2. Infant mortality rate
3. Life expectancy
4. Birth rate

Q. What is the statistical study of human population called?

1. Demography
2. Demology
3. Epidemiology
4. Prosopography