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Population Geography

Description: Population Geography - World
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Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

  1. More than 80% of the world's population lives in the Northern Hemisphere.
  2. 100N to 300N is the most populated zone of the world.
  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: More than 90% of the world's population lives in the Northern Hemisphere. Statement 2 is incorrect: The most populated zone of the world is 200N to 400N, where more than 50% of the world's population lives.

Directions: The following question consists of two statements, one labelled as assertion (A) and the other labelled as reason (R). You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion (A) and reason (R) are individually true and if so, whether the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion or not. Assertion: Japan lacks most of the minerals necessary to sustain modern industrial structure. Reason: Japan is a highly industrialised country.

Select your answer to this question using codes given below.

  1. If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

  2. If both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A.

  3. If A is true, but R is false.

  4. If A is false but R is true.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Both the statements are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A. In fact, it is the well qualified and innovative man power of Japan that led to its industrial success. No doubt, Japan imports a huge chunk of most of the mineral resources it needs for its industrialisation.

Intensive subsistence farming is the characteristic in the area of

  1. high density of population and high technology

  2. low density of population and high technology

  3. low density of population and low technology

  4. high density of population and low technology


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Intensive farming aims at maximum possible production on the limited farms with all efforts possible under the circumstances. Its characteristics are: (i) Intensive farming is capable of raising more than one crop a year. (ii) Huge capital and human labour is employed on every hectare of land. (iii) It is practiced in most parts of densely populated areas. (iv) Low level of technology, if any, is involved in such type of farming.

Directions: The following question consists of two statements, one labelled as assertion (A) and the other labelled as reason (R). You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion (A) and reason (R) are individually true and if so, whether the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion or not.

Assertion: There is high adult literacy among Sri Lankan people. Reason: Newspaper circulation in Sri Lanka, compared to other SAARC countries, is quite high.

Select your answer to this question using codes given below.

  1. If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

  2. If both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A.

  3. If A is true but R is false.

  4. If A is false but R is true.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Both the statements given are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A. In fact, A explains the reason behind R. Newspaper circulation in Sri Lanka is high because of its high adult literacy.

Which of the following is/are wrongly matched?

 
List - I
(Indigenous People) List - II
(Country)
1. Pygmies Zaire
2. Veddas Nepal
3. Kikuyu Kenya
4. Papuyans New Guinea
  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2 and 3

  3. Only 4

  4. Only 2


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Veddas are indigenous people of Sri Lanka, an island country in the Indian Ocean.

Which of the following racial groups has the largest number of members in the world?

  1. Negriods

  2. Mongoloids

  3. Australoids

  4. Caucasoids


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A human race is defined as a group of people with certain common inherited features that distinguish them from other groups of people. The world population can be divided into 4 major races,namely white/Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black, and Australoid.

The major divisions of the human race are: Caucasian races (Aryans, Hamites, Semites) Mongolian races (northern Mongolian, Chinese and Indo-Chinese, Japanese and Korean, Tibetan, Malayan, Polynesian, Maori, Micronesian, Eskimo, American Indian), Negroid races (African, Hottentots, Melanesians/Papua, “Negrito”, Australian Aborigine, Dravidians, Sinhalese) Australoids.

Caucasians has the largest number of members in the world.

Arrange the following countries in decreasing order of their total population.

  1. Indonesia
  2. Brazil
  3. Pakistan
  4. Russia
  1. 1, 2, 3, 4

  2. 4, 2, 3, 1

  3. 4, 1, 2, 3

  4. 1, 4, 2, 3


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

World's top most populous countries are:

  1. China           
  2. India
  3. USA
  4. Indonesia
  5. Brazil
  6. Pakistan
  7. Russia
  8. Bangladesh
  9. Nigeria
  10. Japan

Directions: The following question consists of two statements, one labelled as assertion (A) and the other labelled as reason (R). You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion (A) and reason (R) are individually true and if so, whether the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion or not.

Assertion: Chile continues to be an important producer of copper in the world. Reason: Chile is endowed with the world's largest deposits of porphyry copper.

Select your answer to this questions using codes given below.

  1. If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

  2. If both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A.

  3. If A is true but R is false.

  4. If A is false but R is true.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Both the statements are true and R is the correct explanation of A. Chile is endowed with the world's largest deposits of porphyry copper and this leads to largest production of copper in Chile.

Which of the following factors are responsible for the dispersal of human settlements?

  1. Scarcity of water
  2. High density of existing population
  3. Low soil fertility
  4. Fear of invasion
  1. Only 1 and 3

  2. 1, 3 and 4

  3. Only 1, 2 and 3

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The factors that influence patterns of settlement are:

Economic and Human Influences Generally, the promise of material reward is the most important factor in human settlement. In this case, the interest in gaining more profit in proportion to labor exerted is central in dictating settlement patterns. These are necessary, but not sufficient causes of settlement. Parts of this variable include the promise of employment and a stable economy.

Physical Influences The physical environment is next in importance. In agricultural settlement, the nature of the soil and access to both water and transport are essential ingredients in making sense out of settlement patterns. But even further, things such as the safety and stability of the existing settlement is equally important. Besides, the existing density of population, if high, leads to dispersal of population.

Technological Influences A more specific consideration is the existence of well-established patterns of communication, transportation and markets, which are all central to this variable. To some extent, it is connected to the physical environment, as the technological makeup of the existing settlement exists as an adaptation to the nature of the topography and the availability of resources.

Historical Influences Ethnic compatibility, speaking the same language and the basic cultural forms of co-existence cannot be left out of this discussion. The historic nature of settlement speaks to the specific language and cultural norms that make up a society, making it easier for one that shares these to fit in, and discouraging strangers. This not only makes it easy for similar settlers to fit in, but also makes the community more and more cohesive. Fear of foreign invasions to an area leads to migration to safe places.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. Five of the world's ten largest metropolitan cities are in Asia.
  2. Intensive agriculture is the oldest method of growing crops.
  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea), Beijing (China), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Mumbai (India) - all of which lie in Asia - are among the ten largest metropolitan cities of the world. Statement 2 is incorrect: It is shifting agriculture that is the most primitive practice of growing crops.

Which of the following is/are correctly matched?

 
List - I
(Indigenous People) List - II
(Country)
1. Eskimo Canada
2. Orang Norway
3. Lapps India
  1. Only 1

  2. Only 1 and 2

  3. Only 2

  4. Only 1 and 3


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Orangs are indigenous people of Malaysia. The Lapps is the only indigenous people living in the northern parts of Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia.

Match the given lists.

List - I
(Names of Shifting Cultivation) List - II
(Countries)
1. Chena A. Indonesia
2. Milpa B. Philippines
3. Humah C. Sri Lanka
4. Caingin D. Central America
  1. 1 - B, 2 - C, 3 - D, 4 - A

  2. 1 - D, 2 - B, 3 - A, 4 - C

  3. 1 - C, 2 - A, 3 - D, 4 - B

  4. 1 - C, 2 - D, 3 - A, 4 - B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
List - I
(Names of Shifting Cultivation) List - II
(Countries)
1. Chena A. Sri Lanka
2. Milpa B. Central America
3. Humah C. Indonesia
4. Caingin D. Philippines

Match the given lists.

List - I (Crops) List - II (Producers)
1. Sugarcane A. Uzbekistan
2. Tea B. Malaysia
3. Cotton C. Japan
4. Rubber D. Thailand
  1. 1 - C, 2 - A, 3 - D, 4 - B

  2. 1 - D, 2 - B, 3 - A, 4 - C

  3. 1 - C, 2 - A, 3 - B, 4 - D

  4. 1 - D, 2 - C, 3 - A, 4 - B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
List - I (Crops) List - II (Producers)
1. Sugarcane A. Thailand
2. Tea B. Japan
3. Cotton C. Uzbekistan
4. Rubber D. Malaysia

Match the given lists.

List - I (Tribes) List - II (Occupation)
1. Indian tribes A. Making all sorts of cane products
2. Pygmies B. Gathering nuts
3. Orang Asli C. Collecting wild rubber
  1. 1 - B, 2 - A, 3 - C

  2. 1 - C, 2 - A, 3 - B

  3. 1 - A, 2 - B, 3 - C

  4. 1 - C, 2 - B, 3 - A


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
List - I (Tribes) List - II (Occupation)
1. Indian tribes A. Collecting wild rubber
2. Pygmies B. Gathering nuts
3. Orang Asli C. Making all sorts of cane products

Which of the following represents the largest cluster of population in the world?

  1. East Asia (China, Japan, Koreas and Mongolia)

  2. South Asia (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh)

  3. South East Asia (Malaysia, Combodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thiland and Singapore)

  4. North-West Europe (UK, France, Germany, Denmark and Scandinavia)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  1. East Asia (China, Japan, Koreas and Mongolia) constitutes more than 28% of world's population.
    1. South Asia (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) constitutes about 25% of world's population.
    2. South East Asia (Malaysia, Combodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thiland and Singapore) constitutes about 7% of world's population.
    3. North-West Europe (UK, France, Germany, Denmark and Scandinavia) constitutes about 11% of world's population.
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