Class 9 Social Science Geography MCQ Population

Question :What is the literacy rate in Gujarat according to Censes 2001?
(a) 68.24%
(b) 69.97%
(c) 63.25%
(d) 65.93%

Question :The greatest literacy rate, among the four given states is of:
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Orissa
(c) Chattisgarh
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Question :Country’s human resources are called?
(a) Density
(b) Man-power
(c) Census
(d) Age composition

Question :India is the ……………. most populated country in the world.
(a) Fifth
(b) First
(c) Second
(d) Third

Question :……………. is the state where the density of the population is 100 to 200 persons per sq. km.
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) West Bengal
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Question :Name the union territory which has highest population density:
(a) Delhi
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Punjab
(d) Port Blair

Question :Which Indian state has highest density of population:
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) West Bengal
(d) Haryana

Question :What was India’s population in 1951?
(a) 361 million
(b) 265 million
(c) 295 million
(d) 461 million

Question :What is the literacy rate in India?
(a) 94%
(b) 40%
(c) Nearly 100%
(d) 64-84%

Question :A large proportion of children in a poulation is result of:
(a) High birth rate
(b) High life expectancy
(c) High death rate
(d) More married couple

Question :According to census 2001, a literate person is one who:
(a) Can read and write his/her name
(b) Can write his/her name
(c) is 7 years old and can read, and write any language with understanding
(d) Knows the 3 ‘Rs’.

Question :The magnitude of population refers to:
(a) The total population of an area
(b) The number of person added each year
(c) The rate at which the population increases
(d) The number of females per thousand males

Question :Which of the followings is not the component of population growth:
(a) Birth Rate
(b) Death rate
(c) Migration
(d) Sex Ratio

Question : What year is considered a great demographic divide in India?
(a) 1911
(b) 1921
(c) 1931
(d) 1751

Question : Which India state has lowest density of population:
(a) Punjab
(b) Chennai
(c) West Bengal
(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Question :Migrations change the number, distribution and composition of the population in
(a) the area of departure
(b) the area of arrival
(c) both the area of departure and arrival
(d) none of the above

Question : Which of the following age group is that of the working-age group?
(a) 15-30 years
(b) 15-40 years
(c) 15-60 years
(d) 15-59 years

Question :What percentage of India’s population resides in the most populated state of India, Uttar Pradesh?
(a) 38.96 per cent
(b) 14.37 per cent
(c) 16.16 per cent
(d) 20.56 per cent

Question :What is the literacy rate in Gujarat according to Censes 2001?
(a) 68.24%
(b) 69.97%
(c) 63.25%
(d) 65.93%

Question :In how many years is the official enumeration of population carried out for census?
(a) 5 years
(b) 16 years
(c) 2 years
(d) 10 years

Question : Which one of the following states has very high population density?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Question :……………. is the state where the density of the population is 100 to 200 persons per sq. km.
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) West Bengal
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Question : Which of the following southern states has a high population density?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu

Question : What do you mean by the magnitude of population growth?
(a) The total population of an area
(b) The number of females per thousand males
(c) The number of persons added each year
(d) None of these

Question : The number of people in different age groups is referred as :
(a) Sex ratio
(b) Age composition
(c) Adolescent population
(d) Occupational structure

Question : A large proportion of children in a poulation is result of:
(a) High birth rate
(b) High life expectancy
(c) High death rate
(d) More married couple

Question : What is sex ratio?
(a) Number of females per thousand males
(b) Number of females per hundred males
(c) The study of population growth
(d) Difference between birth rate and death rate

Question : Who among the following is resource creating factors as well as resources themselves?
(a) Animals
(b) Plants
(c) Human beings
(d) Nature

Question : India accounts for what percentage of the world population?
(a) 1.02 per cent
(b) 2.4 per cent
(c) 3.28 per cent
(d) 16.7 per cent

Question : Almost half of India’s population lives in just five states. Which one of the following is not one of these five populous states?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Bihar
(c) West Bengal
(d) Arunachal Pradesh