Factors Affecting Distribution of Population

Q.

What do you mean by occupation?

Q. Geographical factor(s) which affect(s) the distribution of population is/are:

1. All the above
2. Topography
3. Climate
4. Water

Q. Natural population growth rate is the difference between ____ and ____.

1. birth rate, death rate
2. death rate, infant mortality rate
3. fertility rate, birth rate
4. birth rate, infant mortality rate

Q. Which of the following is not a social factor affecting the population distribution?

1. Education
2. Health
3. Gender
4. Climate

Q. What do we call the number of people living in a unit area of the earth's surface?

1. Topography
2. Population density
3. Population change
4. Natural growth rate

Q.

Every human being is a potential resource for society. What will be your contribution as a human resource?

Q. The natural increase of population is defined as the difference between birth rates and ________ of the country.

1. Total rate
2. Pure rates
3. Death rates
4. None of the above

Q.

The number of persons living per square kilometer at any given time.

Q. A few important statements with respect to the human resources are given below. Pick out the one that is not true.

1. Human resources differ in educational levels, age and sex across the globe.
2. The numbers and characteristics of human resources keep changing.
3. Human resource is considered to be the ultimate resource.
4. Human resources, unlike other resources, are equally distributed across the world.

Q.

Which one of the following are the most densely populated areas of the world?

1. Ganga plains

2. Andes

3. Alps

4. Himalayas

Q. On the basis of skill, labour employed in the process of production can be classified as ________.

1. inexperienced, experienced and highly experienced
2. unskilled, skilled and highly Skilled
3. not knowledgeable, knowledgeable, highly knowledgeable
4. inexpert, expert, proficient

Q. Define a literate person according to the 2001 census.

1. can write/read his name
2. None of the above
3. is 7 years old and can read and write any language with understanding
4. knows how to read

Q.

Give the opposite of increase in population .

Q. The areas which usually enjoy an equable climate, adequate rainfall, where the land is flat, and the soil is fertile are referred to as:

1. Thickly Populated Regions
2. Sparsely Populated Regions
3. Moderately Populated Regions
4. Meagerly Populated Regions

Q. Factors which affects population distribution over an area are _______________________________.

1. Climatic conditions, political systems and means of livelihood.
2. Climatic conditions, terrain, political systems and means of livelihood.
3. Climatic conditions, terrain and means of livelihood.
4. Climatic conditions, terrain, political systems.

Q. What were the problems created by indiscriminate use of resources?

Q. This is the number of death per thousand persons in a year.

1. Mortality rate
2. Birth rate
3. Death rate
4. None of these

Q. Density of population can be divided into what categories?

1. Regions of high density
2. Regions of low density
3. Regions of moderate density
4. All of the above.

Q. The lowest sex ratio in 2011 was recorded in which state?

1. Bihar
2. Haryana
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. None of the above

Q. Extreme mining leads to which of the following pollution?

1. Groundwater
2. All of the above
3. Ground
4. Water

Q. The areas which usually enjoy an equable climate, adequate rainfall, where the land is flat, and the soil is fertile are referred to as:

1. Thickly Populated Regions
2. Sparsely Populated Regions
3. Meagerly Populated Regions
4. Moderately Populated Regions

Q. Consider the following statements :the correct order of specific stages of demographic transition associated with economic development is
1. low birth rate with low death rate
2. high birth rate with high death rate
3. high birth rate with low death rate.
Which of the above statements are correct ?

1. 1 , 2 , 3
2. 2 , 1 , 3
3. 2 , 3 , 1
4. 3 , 2 , 1

Q. People prefer to stay in places with _________ climate.

1. extreme
2. moderate
3. near extreme
4. None of these

Q. Population saw a steady growth when people began to _____.

1. agriculture
2. fishing
3. herding
4. None of the above

Q. Growth rate can be define as-

1. Number of children dying in a year
2. Birth rate
3. Birth rate minus the deat rate
4. Number of children born in a year

Q. The highest sex ratio in 2011 was recorded in which state?

1. AP
2. Chattisgarh
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Kerala

Q. Which of the following human activity destroys the natural forests?

1. Hunting
2. Both a and b
3. None of the above
4. Logging

Q. ___________ can be defined as the movement of people into and out of an area.

1. Dance
2. Performance
3. Migration
4. None of the above

Q. Climate conditions in Sahara, Canada, and Antarctica are __________.

1. moderate
2. near extreme
3. near moderate
4. extreme

Q. (i) Name the countries which are part of the Mediterranean climatic region of Asia.
(ii) What kind of plants are now grown in this region?