Population Explosion

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What is alpha diversity?

Q.

Which of the following factors is not responsible for the population growth in India?

1. Desire for male child

2. Mortality rate

3. Lack of recreation

4. Control in birth rate

Q.

World population crossed billion mark on _______.

1. May 11, 1987

2. June 11, 1987

3. July 11, 1987

4. August 11, 1987

Q.

Growth rate of population can not be negative.

1. True

2. False

Q.

Give one-word technical term for:

Introduction of weakened or dead pathogens in the body to produce resistance against disease.

Q.

__ in India is rising at an alarming rate.

Q.

Which of the following factor(s) is/are responsible for the increase in human population?

(i) Advancement in medical science to check the diseases
(ii) Mechanised agriculture for more food production
(iii) Better advancements in road construction
(iv) Industrialisation

1. Only (i), (iii) and (iv)

2. Only (i), (ii) and (iv)

3. Only (i) and (ii)

4. Only (iii) and (iv)

Q.

__ throughout the world is raising at an alarming rate.

Q. Rewrite the following sentence using the noun form of the underlined word:
You begin to stagnate.

Q.

____________ and ____________ may account for over a third of global population in 2100.

1. Maldives and India

2. Africa and China

3. Iceland and Africa

4. India and China

Q. Number of individuals of a population present per unit area is:

1. Population size
2. Population density
3. Distribution of population
4. Population ratio

Q. The study of human population statistically is known as

1. Chromology
2. Demography
3. Population science
4. Sinography