Fri. Jan 10th, 2025

Class XII (Fundamentals of Human Geography)

  1. Migrants who move into a new place are called

    Options:
    1. Emigrants
    2. Transhuman
    3. Immigrants
    4. None of these

    Option: C

  2. Which of the following factors is not a push factor that affects the migration?

    Options:
    1. Peace and stability
    2. Epidemics
    3. Political turmoil
    4. Unemployment

    Option: A

  3. Which of the following factors is not a push factor that affects the migration?

    Options:
    1. Unpleasant climate
    2. Natural disasters
    3. Better job opportunities
    4. Poor living conditions

    Option: C

  4. Around 10,000 B.C., the world population was

    Options:
    1. 5 million
    2. 2,000 million
    3. 500 million
    4. 1,000 million

    Option: A

  5. Human population increased more than____________ in the past 500 hundred years.

    Options:
    1. Two time
    2. Ten times
    3. Five times
    4. Eight time

    Option: B

  6. The annual population growth rate in India is

    Options:
    1. 2.2 per cent
    2. 1.64 per cent
    3. 2 per cent
    4. 2.64 per cent

    Option: B

  7. Which one of the following continents has the highest growth rate of population?

    Options:
    1. Africa
    2. North America
    3. South America
    4. Asia

    Option: A

  8. Which one of the following regions has the lowest growth rate of population?

    Options:
    1. Latin America & Caribbean
    2. Europe
    3. Africa
    4. Oceania

    Option: B

  9. Which one of the following is not an area of sparse population?

    Options:
    1. South-east Asia
    2. The Atacama
    3. Polar regions
    4. Equatorial region

    Option: A

  10. The first stage of Demographic transition theory has

    Options:
    1. High fertility and high mortality
    2. Low fertility and high mortality
    3. High fertility and low mortality
    4. Low fertility and low mortality

    Option: A

  11. In which of the following stages of Demographic transition theory most of the people are engaged in agriculture

    Options:
    1. Stage III
    2. Stage II
    3. Stage I
    4. Stage IV

    Option: C

  12. Which of the following characteristics is not related to the first stage of Demographic transition theory

    Options:
    1. Low literacy
    2. Low Life expectancy
    3. Low levels of technology
    4. Low fertility

    Option: D

  13. Which of the following stages of Demographic transition theory is the stage of population explosion

    Options:
    1. Stage II
    2. Stage I
    3. Stage III
    4. None of these

    Option: A

  14. The last stage of Demographic transition theory is characterised by

    Options:
    1. High fertility and high mortality
    2. Low fertility and high mortality
    3. High fertility and low mortality
    4. Low fertility and low mortality

    Option: D

  15. When was Thomas Malthus gave his theory of population

    Options:
    1. In 1785
    2. In 1690
    3. In 1898
    4. In 1798

    Option: D

  16. In India, the sex ratio is calculated by using the formula

    Options:
    1. Female Population/ Male Population*1000
    2. Female Population/ Male Population*100
    3. Male Population/ Female Population*1000
    4. Male Population/ Female Population*100

    Option: A

  17. The world population reflects a sex ratio of 102 males per 100 females

    Options:
    1. 110 males per 100 females
    2. 102 males per 100 females
    3. 102 females per 100 males
    4. 85 males per 100 females

    Option: B

  18. The highest sex ratio in the world has been recorded in

    Options:
    1. France
    2. Qatar
    3. Latvia
    4. India

    Option: C

  19. The lowest sex ratio in the world has been recorded in

    Options:
    1. Qatar
    2. Latvia
    3. India
    4. France

    Option: A

  20. How many countries in the world recorded the sex ratio in favor of females

    Options:
    1. 72
    2. 85
    3. 149
    4. 139

    Option: D