India Population and Urbanization MCQ Practice Questions
Ques: 1
Natural growth of population is the outcome of which of the following?
A. Crude Birth Rate B. Crude Death Rate
C. Migration D. Marriages
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
Correct Answer:
(D) A and B
Births and deaths are natural causes of population change. The difference between the births and deaths of a country or place is called the natural change in population. Thus, natural growth of population is calculated by subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate.
Ques: 2
Which one of the following is NOT a part of the demographic feature of a population?
Correct Answer:
(B) Standard of living
The standard of living is not a part of the demographic characteristics of the population. Demographic characteristics of the population include population density, sex-ratio, rural-urban population, literacy, age structure and life expectancy etc.
Ques: 3
Some of the reasons for couples not willingly going for sterilization, which is a more reliable method for controlling population, are :
Desire for male children
High child mortality rate
Lack of understanding
Economic compulsions in very poor families
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Correct Answer:
(D) All the four
The rapid growth rate of population in India is a problem. Due to criticism of the efforts made by Indira Gandhi government in this direction in the 1970s, no other government has forced for sterilization. Factors of people's reluctance towards sterilization in India are structural with high infant mortality, poverty and economic compulsions, illiteracy, ignorance, desire for boys, religious beliefs, lack of understanding, lack of means of entertainment etc.
Ques: 4
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given below :
India’s population is characterized by a high growth rate.
With the current growth rate, it is likely to overtake China in the near future.
Out of every six persons of the world, one is an Indian.
About 40% of the India’s population is below the poverty line level.
Code :
Correct Answer:
(A) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
If the year of 1921 Census is omitted, the decadal population growth rate of India has been continuously increasing from 1901 to 1971. The decade 1961-71 was the decade of the highest decadal growth (24.80%) in India. After the year 1971, the decadal growth rate is declining but overall, India's population is growing at a rapid pace. The population of India in- creased by 18.23 crore in the decade 1991-2001. With the current growth rate (as per the UN report of 2019). India's population is likely to overtake China by the year 2027. According to the United Nations Population Fund's 2003 annual report, the total population of the world is 6.3 billion while as per 2001 Census, the total population of India was 102.8 crore, that is one of the six persons in the world is an Indian. The population of people living below the poverty line in India was less than 40 percent during the question period. As per official figure, about 21.92 percent of people living below the poverty line in the year 2011-12. Hence statement (4) is incorrect.
Ques: 5
Consider the following statements :
Sikkim has the minimum area among the 28 Indian States (Delhi and Pondicherry not included).
Chandigarh has the highest literacy rate among Pondicherry, NCT of Delhi and other Union Territories.
Maharashtra has the highest population after Uttar Pradesh among the 28 Indian States (Delhi and Pondicherry not included).
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer:
(A) Only one
The first two statements are wrong, because :
1. The State with the lowest area is Goa (3702 sq. km), not the Sikkim (7096 sq. km).
2. The highest literacy rate among the Union territories is in Lakshadweep and not in Chandigarh.
Statement (3) is correct, because Maharashtra is the 2nd most populous state in India after Uttar Pradesh.
Ques: 6
More than one-third of India's population is concentrated in the States of :
Correct Answer:
(A) Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar
More than one-third of India's population is concentrated in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar.
Note: As per Census 2011, the descending order of the top five States based on population is as follows : Uttar Pradesh > Maharashtra > Bihar > West Bengal > Andhra Pradesh.
Ques: 7
India is regarded as a country with 'Demographic Dividend'. this is due to :
Correct Answer:
(B) Its high population in the age group of 15-64 years.
India is regarded as a country with 'Demographic Dividend', as it has a higher percentage of working population i.e. 15-64 years of age.
Ques: 8
The Dependency Ratio in India is declining because :
Correct Answer:
(C) Population of 15-59 years is relatively high
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents (people younger than 15 years or older than 64 years) to the working-age population (those ages 15-64 years). Age dependency ratio in India was declined from 77.17% in 1975 to 58.47% in 2008 and further to 49.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Increase in the proportion of the population of working age/relatively high population of working-age people (15-64 years age) is the reason of this decline. Hence, option (c) is the right answer.
Ques: 9
Which of the following is not an adverse effect of population growth in an economy?
Correct Answer:
(A) Increase in size of working population
Increase in working population size is not an adverse effect of population growth, rather it is a favourable effect of population growth. Population growth is accompanied by a gradual increase in the size of the working population, while a decrease in the size of holdings, increasing unemployment and a decrease in per capita availability of grains are the adverse effects of population growth.