Population Geography
Description: Population Geography - World | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
Created by: Avani Handa | |
Tags: Population Geography - World Indian Political Geography |
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
- More than 80% of the world's population lives in the Northern Hemisphere.
- 100N to 300N is the most populated zone of the world.
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.
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Intensive subsistence farming is the characteristic in the area of
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.
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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 |
Which of the following racial groups has the largest number of members in the world?
Arrange the following countries in decreasing order of their total population.
- Indonesia
- Brazil
- Pakistan
- Russia
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.
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Which of the following factors are responsible for the dispersal of human settlements?
- Scarcity of water
- High density of existing population
- Low soil fertility
- Fear of invasion
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
- Five of the world's ten largest metropolitan cities are in Asia.
- Intensive agriculture is the oldest method 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Which of the following represents the largest cluster of population in the world?