CBSE Class 9 Geography Population Worksheet

Answer the following questions briefly :

1. What does census mean?

2. What is the highest and lowest density of India?

3. Why do Northern plains and Kerala have very high density of population ?

4. How do we get absolute increase in number of population ?

5. According to 2001 census ,which state is most populous ?

6. Which occupation are covered under primary and secondary activities ?

7. What is age of working population in India ?

8. Who are adolescent ?

9. What is NPP ?

10. What could be the reason of uneven distribution of population in India ?

Short answers questions :

1. Who is a literate according to the census 2001?

2. Why is literacy considered important for the quality of population ?

3. What does the National Population Policy indicate?

4. Sex ratio in the country has always remained unfavourable to females ? Find out why this is so?

5. What is ‘occupational structure ‘ ?How are occupations generally classified ?

6. Which areas are sparsely populated in India and why ?

Long Answers Questions :

1. What are the advantages of having a healthy population ?

2. W hat are the major components of population growth ?

3. What is the difference between Population Growth and Population Change?

4. W hat is the relationship between occupational structure and development ?

Q1- Why are human being termed as a resource?

Q2- What is census?

Q3- What is India’s share of world’s area and population?

Q4- According to 2001 census data what is India’s population and population density?

Q5- Which factors are responsible for uneven distribution of population in India?

Q6- Despite the decline in growth rate, number of people being added every decade is steadily increasing. Why?

Q7- Explain:-

  i) Birth rate

  ii) Death rate

  iii) Migration

  iv) Age composition

  v) Sex ratio

  vi) Literacy

Q8- What are the reasons for the high rate of population growth in India?

Q9- What are the reasons for gradual decline in the rate of population growth in India since 1981?

Q10- How does migration change the population size and composition of a place?

Q11- What are the push and pull factors resulting in migration of people in India?

Q12- What are the causes of unfavorable sex ratio in India?

Q13- How does the occupational structure affect economic development of a country?

Q14- What are the indicators of improved health status of the Indian population? Which factors are responsible for this improvement?

Q15- Describe main features of the NPP 2000.

Q16- Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below:

  a) According to the census 2001, a literate person is one who

i. Can read and write his/her name.

ii. Can read and write any language.

iii. Is 7 years old and can read and write any language with understanding

iv. Knows 3 R’s (reading, writing and arithmetic)

  b) What is the life expectancy of birth in India now?

i. 61 years in 2001

ii. 41 years in 2001

iii. 51 years in 2001

iv. 81 years in 2001

  c) Which state /union territory had the lowest population according to the census of 2001?

i. Delhi

ii. Chandigarh

iii. Sikkim

Q1- Why are human being termed as a resource?

Q2- What is census?

Q3- What is India’s share of world’s area and population?

Q4- According to 2001 census data what is India’s population and population density?

Q5- Which factors are responsible for uneven distribution of population in India?

Q6- Despite the decline in growth rate, number of people being added every decade is steadily increasing. Why?

Q7- Explain:-

  i) Birth rate

  ii) Death rate

  iii) Migration

  iv) Age composition

  v) Sex ratio

  vi) Literacy

Q8- What are the reasons for the high rate of population growth in India?

Q9- What are the reasons for gradual decline in the rate of population growth in India since 1981?

Q10- How does migration change the population size and composition of a place?

Q11- What are the push and pull factors resulting in migration of people in India?

Q12- What are the causes of unfavorable sex ratio in India?

Q13- How does the occupational structure affect economic development of a country?

Q14- What are the indicators of improved health status of the Indian population? Which factors are responsible for this improvement?

Q15- Describe main features of the NPP 2000.