CBSE Class 9 Geography Population MCQs

Question. What year is considered a great demographic divide in India?
(a) 1911
(b) 1921
(c) 1931
(d) 1751

Answer :   B

Question. Which India state has lowest density of population:
(a) Punjab
(b) Chennai
(c) West Bengal
(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer :   D

Question.Migrations change the number, distribution and composition of the population in
(a) the area of departure
(b) the area of arrival
(c) both the area of departure and arrival
(d) none of the above

Answer :   C

Question. Which of the following age group is that of the working-age group?
(a) 15-30 years
(b) 15-40 years
(c) 15-60 years
(d) 15-59 years

Answer :   C

Question.What percentage of India’s population resides in the most populated state of India, Uttar Pradesh?
(a) 38.96 per cent
(b) 14.37 per cent
(c) 16.16 per cent
(d) 20.56 per cent

Answer :   C

Question.What is the literacy rate in Gujarat according to Censes 2001?
(a) 68.24%
(b) 69.97%
(c) 63.25%
(d) 65.93%

Answer :   B

Question.In how many years is the official enumeration of population carried out for census?
(a) 5 years
(b) 16 years
(c) 2 years
(d) 10 years

Answer :    D

Question. Which one of the following states has very high population density?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer :   A

Question.……………. is the state where the density of the population is 100 to 200 persons per sq. km.
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) West Bengal
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer :    A

Question. Which of the following southern states has a high population density?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer :   C

Question. What do you mean by the magnitude of population growth?
(a) The total population of an area
(b) The number of females per thousand males
(c) The number of persons added each year
(d) None of these

Answer :   C

Question. The number of people in different age groups is referred as :
(a) Sex ratio
(b) Age composition
(c) Adolescent population
(d) Occupational structure

Answer :   B

Question. A large proportion of children in a poulation is result of:
(a) High birth rate
(b) High life expectancy
(c) High death rate
(d) More married couple

Answer :   A

Question. What is sex ratio?
(a) Number of females per thousand males
(b) Number of females per hundred males
(c) The study of population growth
(d) Difference between birth rate and death rate

Answer :   A

Question. Who among the following is resource creating factors as well as resources themselves?
(a) Animals
(b) Plants
(c) Human beings
(d) Nature

Answer :   C

Question. India accounts for what percentage of the world population?
(a) 1.02 per cent
(b) 2.4 per cent
(c) 3.28 per cent
(d) 16.7 per cent

Answer :   D

Question. Almost half of India’s population lives in just five states. Which one of the following is not one of these five populous states?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Bihar
(c) West Bengal
(d) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer :  D  

Question. Which one of the following countries has higher population density than India?
(a) China
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Canada
(d) Korea

Answer :  B

Question. Which of the following states of India has a moderate population density?
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer :  D

Question. Which of the following states has a population density below 250 persons per square km?
(a) Punjab
(b) Haryana
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Jharkhand

Answer :   C

Question. The magnitude of population growth refers to which of the following?
(a) The number of persons added each year or decade
(b) The rate or the pace of population increase
(c) The total population of an area
(d) The number of females per thousand males

Answer :  A

Question. Which among the following is included in the policy framework of NPP 2000?
(a) Imparting free and compulsory school education above 14 years age
(b) Reducing infant mortality rate
(c) Achieving universal immunization of children against all vaccine preventable diseases
(d) all of these

Answer :  D

Question. Which one of the following is the most significant feature of the Indian population?
(a) Declining birth rate
(b) Improvement in the literacy level
(c) The size of its adolescent population
(d) Improvement in health conditions

Answer :   A

Question. Which is the most populous country of the world?
(a) India
(b) United States
(c) China
(d) Russia

Answer :  C

Question. Which of the following factors are responsible for sparse population?
(a) Flat plains and abundant rainfall
(b) Rugged terrain and unfavourable climate
(c) Fertile soil and abundant rain fall
(d) Rugged terrain and favourable climate

Answer :  B

Question. Birth rate is the number of live births per thousand persons in :
(a) 10 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 2 years
(d) 1 year

Answer :  D

Question. Migrations change the number, distribution and composition of the population in
(a) the area of departure
(b) the area of arrival
(c) both the area of departure and arrival
(d) none of the above

Answer :  C

Question. Which one of the following country has higher population density than India?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Nepal
(c) Korea
(d) Canada

Answer :  A

Question. Which is the point of reference from which all other elements are observed?
(a) Fauna
(b) Population
(c) Flora
(d) All of these

Answer :  B