Population Geography of India Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

(1) Who was the Governor-General when first census was held?

[A] Lord Mayo

[B] Lord Dalhousie

[C] Lord Ripon

[D] Lord Minto

Answer: Lord Mayo

(2) What do you understand by Sex ratio?

[A] Number of females per 1000 males

[B] Number of female birth per 1000 male birth

[C] Number of males per 1000 females

[D] Number child birth per 1000 child death

Answer: Number of females per 1000 males

(3) Which of the following state has largest number of towns in India as per census 2011?

[A] Madhya Pradesh

[B] Uttar Pradesh

[C] Gujarat

[D] Maharashtra

Answer: Maharashtra

(4) What does census provides us?

[A] Information regarding resources

[B] Information regarding agricultural income

[C] Information regarding crops

[D] Information regarding population

Answer: Information regarding population

(5) Which of the following statements defines the density of population1?

[A] Number of persons living in a country

[B] Change in the number of inhabitants of a country during a specific period of time

[C] Number of persons living per unit area

[D] Neither of the above

Answer: Number of persons living per unit area

(6) Adolescents are generally grouped in the age group of

[A] 13-19 years

[B] 15-29 years

[C] +60 years

[D] 10-19 years

Answer: 10-19 years

(7) Which of the following is being taken as the census moment since 2001?

[A] 00.00 hrs of 01 Mar

[B] 00.00 hrs of 01 Apr

[C] Sunrise of 01 Apr

[D] 00.00 hrs of 31 Mar

Answer: 00.00 hrs of 01 Mar

(8) Which of the following States has the lowest literacy rate in India?

[A] Rajasthan

[B] Bihar

[C] Chhattisgarh

[D] None

Answer: Bihar

(9) Which state has highest child sex ratio as per 2011 census?

[A] Manipur

[B] Haryana

[C] Mizoram

[D] None of these

Answer: Mizoram

(10) Which of the following is a pivotal element in social sciences?

[A] Resources

[B] Coal

[C] Population

[D] Petroleum

Answer: Population

(11) Name the state of India which is most populous.

[A] Uttar Pradesh

[B] Andhra Pradesh

[C] Goa

[D] None of these

Answer: Uttar Pradesh

(12) What is international migration?

[A] Movement of people between/among countries

[B] Movement of people within the country

[C] Movement of people from one village to another

[D] Movement of people from urban to urban areas

Answer: Movement of people between/among countries

(13) A person aged 7 years and above who can read or write with understanding in any language is treated as

[A] Literate

[B] Illiterate

[C] Immigrant

[D] Migrant

Answer: Literate

(14) What does NPP stand for?

[A] National Population Policy

[B] National Population Programme

[C] National Population Project

[D] National Population Production

Answer: National Population Policy

(15) During which decade did India see a negative population growth?

[A] 1901-11

[B] 1931-41

[C] 1951-61

[D] 1911-21

Answer: 1911-21

(16) Which among the following countries has a better gender ratio than India?

[A] Bhutant

[B] Afghanistan

[C] China

[D] Pakistan

Answer: Pakistan

(17) Next to Delhi, which is the most populated Union Territory in India?

[A] Daman and Diu

[B] Andaman and Nicobar

[C] Puducherry

[D] Chandigarh

Answer: Puducherry

(18) Which of the following statements is/are true?

1. The sex ratio in India is 940.

2. The sex ratio has seen a decline in the past decade.

3. India had the worst sex ratio in 1991 when it was 927.

[A] 1 and 2 only

[B] 1 and 3 only

[C] 2 and 3 only

[D] All the three

Answer: 1 and 3 only

(19) The population of which of the following States is greater than that of Delhi?

[A] Himachal Pradesh

[B] Jammu and Kashmir

[C] Assam

[D] Uttarakhand

Answer: Assam

(20) Who among the following is called as the ‘Father of Demographic Studies’?

[A] Neil Adger

[B] Tim Cresswell

[C] Aryabhatt

[D] Karl Marx

Answer: Karl Marx

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