CBSE Class 8 Geography Human Resources MCQs

Q1- Union Human Resource Development Ministry was created in 
(a) 1987
(b) 1985
(c) 1990
(d) 1986

Answer : B

Question. Land covers only about ____ percent of the total area of the earth’s surface
(a) 20
(b) 25
(c) 30
(d) 35

Answer : C

Question. A few factors on which the productivity of a nation's human resources depends are given below. Pick out the one that is not a factor.
(a) Health
(b) Census
(c) Literacy
(d) Possession of technical skills

Answer : B

Question. When was Human Resource Development Ministry formed in India at central level of Government?
(a) In 1990
(b) In 1985correct
(c) In 2004
(d) In 2009

Answer : B

Question. Human resources differ from one another in respect of 
(a) educational level
(b) age
(c) sex
(d) all of these

Answer : D

Question- ___ per cent of the global population resides in 10 countries.
(a) 75
(b) 60
(c) 65
(d) 80

Answer : B

Question. How have USA and Australia gained in respect of population growth?
(a) By immigrationcorrect
(b) By tourism
(c) By both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Life expectancy refer to
(a) The number of working people in the country
(b) The number of literate people in the country
(c) The number of years that an average person can expect to live
(d) The number of illiterate and uneducated people in the country

Answer : C

Question- Chang Jiang plains in ____ is one of the most densely populated regions across the globe.
(a) Taiwan
(b) China
(c) Japan
(d) Vietnam

Answer : B

Question- _____ is a country whose population growth declined because of low birth and death rates.
(a) Indonesia
(b) United Kingdom
(c) South Africa
(d) Russia

Answer : B

Question- _____ has reported an annual rate of natural increase of population at 3% per annum.
(a) Mexico
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Israel
(d) US

Answer : B

Question- Population increases when the _____ is higher.
(a) Emigration
(b) Death Rate
(c) Birth rate
(d) water availability

Answer : C

Question. When a person leaves a country it is known as:
(a) immigration
(b) integration
(c) emigrant
(d) emigration

Answer : B

Question. Which one from the following refers to Census?
(a) The process of counting the number of states in a country
(b) The process of taking a count of total number of people in a country
(c) The process of counting the land area in a country
(d) The process of counting the mountains and hilly terrains in a country

Answer : B

Question. Land covers only about ____ percent of the total area of the earth’s surface
(a) 20
(b) 25
(c) 30
(d) 35

Answer : C

Question. Which of the following is not the region where very few people live?
(a) High altitudes areas
(b) Plainscorrect
(c) High mountains
(d) Equatorial forest area

Answer : B

Question. Which is densely populated area?
(a) Ganga plain
(b) Andes
(c) Alps
(d) Himalayan

Answer : A

Question. More than 90% of World’s population lives in about of land surface?
(a) 20%
(b) 30%
(c) 50%
(d) 35%

Answer : B

Question. What is the average population density of the world?
(a) 51 persons per sq. km
(b) 300 persons per sq. km
(c) 100 persons per sq. km.
(d) 14 persons per sq. km

Answer : A

Question. The population of the world is
(a) 77 billions
(b) 7.0 billions
(c) 0.77 billions
(d) 0.077 billions

Answer : B

Question. Which country has high population growth rate?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Kenya
(c) India
(d) China

Answer : B

Question. A population pyramid
(a) Shows the difference between the birth rate and death rate
(b) Shows the percent of males and females in a country with there are groups
(c) The number of years that an average person can expect to live
(d) Shows the structure of population with respect to their age

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following countries has slow growth rate of population?
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) United Kingdomcorrect
(d) Brazil

Answer : C

Question. When was Human Resource Development Ministry formed in India at central level of Government?
(a) In 1990
(b) In 1985correct
(c) In 2004
(d) In 2009

Answer : B

Question. The movement of people in and out of an area is referred to as
(a) Death rate
(b) Migration
(c) Population density
(d) Birth Rate

Answer : B

Question. On what criterions do the human resources all over the world differ?
(a) Basis of sex
(b) Basis of age
(c) Basis of education
(d) All of the above

Answer : D

Question. The highest density of the population in the world is in
(a) Europe
(b) South America
(c) South central Asiacorrect
(d) none of these

Answer : C

Question. The number of deaths per 1,000 people refer to
(a) Migration
(b) Birth Rate
(c) Death rate
(d) Population change

Answer : C

Question. If the birth rate is high and the death rate is low in a country then the population pyramid will
(a) Narrow at the base
(b) Not narrow at the base
(c) Not narrow rapidly towards the top
(d) Narrow rapidly towards the top

Answer : C