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Population geography - Test Set 5

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20 questions

Questions and explanations

  1. Question 1

    What does census provides us?
    1. Information regarding resources
    2. Information regarding agricultural income
    3. Information regarding crops
    4. Information regarding population
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  2. Question 2

    Adolescents are generally grouped in the age group of
    1. 13-19 years
    2. 15-29 years
    3. +60 years
    4. 10-19 years
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  3. Question 3

    Which of the following is being taken as the census moment since 2001?
    1. 00.00 hrs of 01 Mar
    2. 00.00 hrs of 01 Apr
    3. Sunrise of 01 Apr
    4. 00.00 hrs of 31 Mar
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  4. Question 4

    Which of the following States has the lowest literacy rate in India?
    1. Bihar
    2. Rajasthan
    3. Chhattisgarh
    4. None
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  5. Question 5

    Which state has highest child sex ratio as per 2011 census?
    1. Manipur
    2. Mizoram
    3. Haryana
    4. None of these
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  6. Question 6

    Which of the following is a pivotal element in social sciences?
    1. Resources
    2. Population
    3. Coal
    4. Petroleum
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  7. Question 7

    Name the state of India which is most populous.
    1. Uttar Pradesh
    2. Andhra Pradesh
    3. Goa
    4. None of these
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  8. Question 8

    What is international migration?
    1. Movement of people from one village to another
    2. Movement of people within the country
    3. Movement of people from urban to urban areas
    4. Movement of people between/among countries
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  9. Question 9

    A person aged 7 years and above who can read or write with understanding in any language is treated as:
    1. Illiterate
    2. Literate
    3. Immigrant
    4. Migrant
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  10. Question 10

    During which decade did India see a negative population growth?
    1. 1901-11
    2. 1931-41
    3. 1951-61
    4. 1911-21
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  11. Question 11

    What does NPP stand for?
    1. National Population Policy
    2. National Population Programme
    3. National Population Project
    4. National Population Production
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  12. Question 12

    Which among the following countries has a better gender ratio than India?
    1. Bhutant
    2. Afghanistan
    3. China
    4. Pakistan
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  13. Question 13

    Next to Delhi, which is the most populated Union Territory in India?
    1. Puducherry
    2. Daman and Diu
    3. Andaman and Nicobar
    4. Chandigarh
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  14. Question 14

    The population of which of the following States is greater than that of Delhi?
    1. Himachal Pradesh
    2. Jammu and Kashmir
    3. Uttarakhand
    4. Assam
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  15. Question 15

    Who among the following is called as the ‘Father of Demographic Studies’?
    1. Neil Adger
    2. Tim Cresswell
    3. Aryabhatt
    4. Karl Marx
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  16. Question 16

    When was first census held in India?
    1. 1870
    2. 1872
    3. 1885
    4. 1870
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  17. Question 17

    Which of the following state has largest number of metropolitan cities in India as per census 2011?
    1. Gujarat
    2. Madhya Pradesh
    3. Maharashtra
    4. Uttar Pradesh
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  18. Question 18

    Which of the following are meaning in relation to human beings?
    1. Disasters
    2. Resources
    3. Calamities
    4. All of these
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  19. Question 19

    The number of live births per thousand persons in a year is termed as
    1. Birth rate
    2. Death rate
    3. Growth rate
    4. None of these
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  20. Question 20

    Working population includes those persons who fall in the age group of:
    1. 15-59 years
    2. 6-14 years
    3. 0-15 years
    4. +60 years
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