MCQ Questions for Class 12 Geography Chapter 2 The World Population: Distribution, Density and Growth with Answers
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
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%
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
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
Question 5.
Which country has the highest density of population?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Singapore
(D) Indonesia
Answer
Answer: (C) Singapore
Question 6.
Which continent has the highest growth rate of the population?
(A) Asia
(B) Africa
(C) Europe
(D) Australia
Answer
Answer: (B) Africa
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
Question 8.
Which is the most populated country?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Russia
(D) Germany
Answer
Answer: (A) China
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
Question 10.
The ten most populated countries have a world population:
(A) 50%
(B) 60%
(C) 70%
(D) 80%
Answer
Answer: (B) 60%
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
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
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.
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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