Question 1.
What was world population at the beginning of the 21st century?
(A) 4 billion
(B) 6 billion
(C) 8 billion
(D) 10 billion

Answer

Answer: (B) 6 billion

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Question 2.
What is the present growth rate of population in the world?
(A) 1.0%
(B) 1.2%
(C) 1.4%
(D) 1.6%

Answer

Answer: (B) 1.2%

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Question 3.
How many times The world population has increased during the last 500 years?
(A) 4
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 10

Answer

Answer: (D) 10

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Question 4.
What is the average density of the world population? (per sq. km.)
(A) 31
(B) 35
(C) 38
(D) 54

Answer

Answer: (D) 54

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Question 5.
Which country has the highest density of population?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Singapore
(D) Indonesia

Answer

Answer: (C) Singapore

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Question 6.
Which continent has the highest growth rate of the population?
(A) Asia
(B) Africa
(C) Europe
(D) Australia

Answer

Answer: (B) Africa

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Question 7.
What was the world population at the time of the Industrial Revolution?
(A) 30 crore
(B) 40 crore
(C) 50 crore
(D) 60 crore

Answer

Answer: (C) 50 crore

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Question 8.
Which is the most populated country?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Russia
(D) Germany

Answer

Answer: (A) China

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Question 9.
How many people are added to the world population every year?
(A) 6 crore
(B) 7 crore
(C) 8 crore
(D) 10 crore

Answer

Answer: (C) 8 crore

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Question 10.
The ten most populated countries have a world population:
(A) 50%
(B) 60%
(C) 70%
(D) 80%

Answer

Answer: (B) 60%

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Question 11.
Which one of the following continents has the highest growth of population:
(A) Africa
(B) South America
(C) Asia
(D) North America.

Answer

Answer: (A) Africa

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Question 12.
Which one of the following is not an area of the sparse population?
(A) The Atacama
(B) Equatorial Region
(C) South-East Asia
(D) Polar Regions.

Answer

Answer: (C) South-East Asia

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Question 13.
Which of the following is not a push factor:
(A) Water shortage
(B) Unemployment
(C) Medical/Educational facilities
(D) Epidemics.

Answer

Answer: (C) Medical/Educational facilities.

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Question 14.
Which one of the following is not a fact?
(A) Human population increased more than ten times during the past 500 years
(B) Nearly 80 million people are added to the world population each year
(C) It took 100 years for the population to rise from five billion to six billion
(D) Population growth is high in the first stage of demographic transition.

Answer

Answer: (C) It took 100 years for the population to rise from five billion to six billion.

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