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Population geography - Test Set 4

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  1. Question 1

    What is the average sex ratio of India as per 2001 census ?
    1. 900
    2. 933
    3. 923
    4. None of these
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  2. Question 2

    Name the state having the highest percentage of literacy level :
    1. Kerala
    2. West Bengal
    3. Punjab
    4. Maharashtra
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  3. Question 3

    Which of the following is an important social indicator to measure the extent of equality between males and females in a society at a given time?
    1. Age Composition
    2. Sex Ratio
    3. Literacy Rate
    4. Death Rate
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  4. Question 4

    The year 1921 is called the year of great divide because
    1. before 1921, due to better health facilities, the death rate started decreasing, but the birth rate remained equal
    2. death rate increased
    3. After 1921, due to improved health facilities, the death rate started decreasing, but the birth rate remained high
    4. birth rate decreased
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  5. Question 5

    Which is the pivotal element of demography?
    1. Literacy
    2. Fertility
    3. Population
    4. Healthcare
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  6. Question 6

    The pace of population increase is measured in:
    1. range
    2. Percentage
    3. mean
    4. None of these
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  7. Question 7

    The other name for population structure is:
    1. Growth rate
    2. Life expectancy
    3. Population composition
    4. Population density
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  8. Question 8

    When did the National Population Policy come into effect?
    1. 2000
    2. 2001
    3. 1952
    4. 1947
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  9. Question 9

    What is sex ratio?
    1. Number of females per thousand males
    2. Number of females per hundred males
    3. The study of population growth
    4. Difference between birth rate and death rate
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  10. Question 10

    The most significant feature of the Indian population is the size of its:
    1. Children
    2. Infant
    3. Old
    4. Adolescent
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  11. Question 11

    The number of people in different age groups is referred as :
    1. Sex ratio
    2. Adolescent population
    3. Age composition
    4. Occupational structure
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  12. Question 12

    The main cause for the high growth of our population is ?
    1. Rise in death rate
    2. Decline of death rate
    3. Decrease in birth rate
    4. None of these
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  13. Question 13

    The total area of India accounts for how much percent of the world’s area?
    1. 2.4 percent
    2. 3.28 percent
    3. 16.7 percent
    4. 1.02 percent
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  14. Question 14

    A common disease among the Indian girls is:
    1. Anaemia
    2. Polio
    3. RBC
    4. None of these
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  15. Question 15

    In how many years is the official enumeration of population carried out for census?
    1. 1 year
    2. 2 years
    3. 5 years
    4. 10 years
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  16. Question 16

    Which of the following statement is not correct in respect of the population of India?
    1. India has a very large population
    2. India’s annual increase in population is not enough to neutralise efforts to conserve the resource endowment and environment
    3. When a low annual rate is applied to a very large population, it yields a large absolute increase
    4. None of the above
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  17. Question 17

    Which among the following is not included in the policy framework of NPP 2000?
    1. Imparting free and compulsory education above 14 years of age
    2. Reducing the infant mortality rate
    3. Achieving universal immunisation of children against all vaccines preventable diseases
    4. Making family welfare a people-centred programme
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  18. Question 18

    Which of the following state has largest number of towns in India as per census 2011?
    1. Madhya Pradesh
    2. Uttar Pradesh
    3. Gujarat
    4. Maharashtra
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  19. Question 19

    What do you understand by Sex ratio?
    1. Number of females per 1000 males
    2. Number of female birth per 1000 male birth
    3. Number of males per 1000 females
    4. Number child birth per 1000 child death
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  20. Question 20

    Which of the following statements defines the density of population1?
    1. Number of persons living in a country
    2. Change in the number of inhabitants of a country during a specific period of time
    3. Number of persons living per unit area
    4. Neither of the above
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