Measure of Migration

Q. Which of the following is/are not push factor(s)?

1. Unemployment
2. War
3. Adverse climatic conditions
4. Education centres

Q.

What happens when the migration of a section of the population to another place occurs?

Q. Which of the following is/are not pull factor(s)?

1. Adverse climatic conditions
2. War
3. Education centres
4. Job opportunities

Q. Which state falls under both, the in-migration and the out-migration lists?

1. Haryana
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Bihar
4. Rajasthan

Q. Between 2001 and 2011, a large percentage of the women in India migrated because of .

1. employment
2. marriage
3. business

Q. The census collects information and identifies migrants based on two criteria. Which of the following options are part of these criteria?

1. Educational qualification
2. Place of Birth
3. Date of birth
4. Last address of residence

Q. What do the statistics provided below indicate?

1. Men mostly migrate for work and employment.
2. The factors that trigger migration vary across genders.
3. The factors determining migration are independent of gender.
4. Men migrate mostly because of marriage.

Q. Which of the following statements are correct?

1. Migration leads to intermixing of people from diverse cultures.
2. Migrants act as agents of social change.
3. Migration leads to the redistribution of the population within a country.

1. 1 and 3 only
2. 1 and 2 only
3. 2 and 3 only
4. 1, 2, and 3

Q. Which state falls under both, the in-migration and the out-migration lists?

1. Haryana
2. Bihar
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Rajasthan

Q. Which of the following states housed 50% of the country’s inter-state migrants (2011)?

1. Tamil Nadu
2. Kerala
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Delhi
5. Madhya Pradesh
6. Maharashtra
7. Gujarat
8. Haryana

Q. Which state falls under both, the in-migration and the out-migration lists?

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Bihar
3. Rajasthan
4. Haryana