Question

Pick out the apt definition for population distribution:

• A. The way in which people are spread across the earth surface.
• B. The way in which people live in urban areas.
• C. The way in which the skilled human resources are utilised in a country.
• D. The way in which people live in the villages.

Answer 1

The correct option is A The way in which people are spread across the earth surface.

The way in which people are spread across the earth surface is known as the pattern of population distribution.
More than 90 per cent of the world’s population lives in about 30 per cent of the land surface. The distribution of population in the world is extremely uneven.