Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
When was Human Resource Development Ministry formed in India at central level of Government?
(a) In 1990
(b) In 1985
(c) In 2004
(d) In 2009
Answer
Answer: (b) In 1985
Question 2.
More than 90% of World’s population lives in about of land surface?
(a) 20%
(b) 30%
(c) 50%
(d) 35%
Answer
Answer: (b) 30%
Question 3.
The average density of world’s population is
(a) 10 persons per square kilometre
(b) 80 persons per square kilometre
(c) 20 persons per square kilometre
(d) 51 persons per square kilometre
Answer
Answer: (d) 51 persons per square kilometre
Question 4.
The highest density of the population in the world is in
(a) Europe
(b) South America
(c) South central Asia
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (c) South central Asia
Question 5.
Which of the following is not the region where very few people live?
(a) High altitudes areas
(b) Plains
(c) High mountains
(d) Equatorial forest area
Answer
Answer: (b) Plains
Question 6.
The population of the world is
(a) 77 billions
(b) 7.0 billions
(c) 0.77 billions
(d) 0.077 billions
Answer
Answer: (b) 7.0 billions
Question 7.
Movement of people in. and out of an area is called
(a) migration
(b) death rate
(c) birth rate
(d) growth rate
Answer
Answer: (a) migration
Question 8.
How have USA and Australia gained in respect of population growth?
(a) By immigration
(b) By tourism
(c) By both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) By immigration
Question 9.
Which of the following countries has slow growth rate of population?
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) United Kingdom
(d) Brazil
Answer
Answer: (c) United Kingdom
Question 10.
Which country has high population growth rate?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Kenya
(c) India
(d) China
Answer
Answer: (b) Kenya
Question 11.
Human resources differ from one another in respect of
(a) educational level
(b) age
(c) sex
(d) all of these
Answer
Answer: (d) all of these
Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Immigration | (a) The tapering figure of people based on age, sex |
| (ii) Migration | (b) Number of years for which an average man is expected to live |
| (iii) Emigration | (c) In which people come and settle in a country |
| (iv) Population Pyramid | (d) The movement of people in and out of area |
| (v) Life expectancy | (e) Movement of the people to other countries |
| (vi) Emigrants | (f) People coming into a country |
| (vii) Immigrants | (g) People leaving the country |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Immigration | (c) In which people come and settle in a country |
| (ii) Migration | (d) The movement of people in and out of area |
| (iii) Emigration | (e) Movement of the people to other countries |
| (iv) Population Pyramid | (a) The tapering figure of people based on age, sex |
| (v) Life expectancy | (b) Number of years for which an average man is expected to live |
| (vi) Emigrants | (g) People leaving the country |
| (vii) Immigrants | (f) People coming into a country |
State whether true or false:
1. Distribution of the population in the world is uneven.
Answer
Answer: True
2. North Hemisphere is less populated.
Answer
Answer: False
3. Capital is the major resource of a nation.
Answer
Answer: False
4. Population density is high in rural areas.
Answer
Answer: False
5. People turn nature’s bounty into resources with their demands and abilities.
Answer
Answer: True
Fill in the blanks:
1. The abrupt and sharp increase in population is known as population …………………… .
Answer
Answer: explosion
2. The difference between birth rate and death rate is termed as …………………… .
Answer
Answer: natural growth rate
3. Topography is the …………………… cause of uneven distribution of the population in the world.
Answer
Answer: geographical
4. The greatest resource of a nation is …………………… .
Answer
Answer: people
5. …………………… countries developed economically and industrially.
Answer
Answer: Developed
6. Nearly …………………… of the world’s population live in Asia and Africa.
Answer
Answer: three quarters