Consequences of Migration

Q. How do you define brain drain?

1. It refers to the migration in which skilled people from an economically forward country move to underdeveloped countries in search of better opportunities.
2. It refers to the migration in which unskilled people from an economically backward country move to developed countries in search of better opportunities.
3. It refers to the migration in which unskilled people from an economically forward country move to underdeveloped countries in search of better opportunities.
4. It refers to the migration in which skilled people from an economically backward country move to developed countries in search of better opportunities.

Q. How do you define backwash effect?

1. The country from which the people emigrate which loses skilled people is known as backwash effect.
2. The country from which the people immigrate which gains skilled people is known as backwash effect.
3. The country from which the people emigrate which gains skilled people is known as backwash effect.
4. The country from which the people immigrate loses skilled people is known as backwash effect.

Q. What kind of consequences are observed due to migration?

1. Economic consequences
2. Environmental consequences
3. Demographic consequences
4. All of the above

Q. Which of the following can be considered as demographic consequences of migration?

1. The change in the average age of a region.
2. The change in the average income earned of a region.
3. The change in the sex ratio of a region.
4. The change in the social structure of a region.

Q. The country from which the people emigrate loses skilled people and this is known as _______ effect.

1. backslash
2. backwash
3. migrant
4. none of the above

Q. What kind of consequences are observed due to migration?

1. Economic consequences
2. Environmental consequences
3. Demographic consequences
4. All of the above

Q. Brain drain is an example of ______ consequence of migration.

1. economic
2. environmental
3. social
4. demographic

Q. The change in the occupational structure of a place due to migration is an economic consequence of migration.

1. False
2. True

Q. The kind of migration in which skilled people migrate from developed countries to economically backward countries is called the Brain Drain.

1. False
2. True