CBSE - Population

1 POPULATION Which of the following states has a population density below 250 persons per square km? (1) Punjab (2) Haryana (3) Chhattisgarh (4) Jharkhand

2 POPULATION Why it is important to know how many people are there in a country, where do they live, how and why their numbers are increasing and what are their characteristics? (1) Population is the pivotal element in social studies (2) To exploit the natural resources of the country (3) Human beings are producers and consumers of resources (4) None of the above

3 POPULATION Which of the following reasons is responsible for uneven population distribution in India? (1) Variations in topography or relief in different parts of India (2) Variations in climate and rainfall distribution (3) Variations in the rate of industrialisation and urbanisation (4) All the above

4 POPULATION The sex ration in Pondichery in 2001 was: (1) 1000: 999 (2) 1000: 1001 (3) 1000: 958 (4) 1000: 1000

5 POPULATION Which of the following figures shows the population density of India? (1) 1028 million persons (2) 3.28 million square km (3) 324 persons per sq km (4) 13 persons per sq km

6 POPULATION Which one of the following countries has higher population density than India? (1) China (2) Bangladesh (3) Canada (4) Korea

7 POPULATION  The average density of population in India in 2001 was : (1) 284 person/sq. km (2) 324 persons sq. km (3) 250 persons sq. km (4) 395 persons sq. km

8 POPULATION The lowest density of population is in: (1) Sikkim (2) Meghalaya (3) Arunachal Pradesh (4) Rajasthan

9 POPULATION Birth rate is the number of live births per thousand persons in : (1) 10 years (2) 5 years (3) 2 years (4) 1 year

10 POPULATION The rate or pace of population increase per year is referred to as which of the following? (1) Absolute increase (2) Magnitude of increase (3) Annual growth rate (4) Population change