This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What would explain the uneven distribution of males and females in the population pyramid? A) A large guest-worker population. B) Equal birth rates of males and females. C) Higher life expectancy for females. D) Migration patterns favoring females. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A large guest-worker population. 2. Geographers use population pyramids to: A) Analyze the age and gender structure of a population. B) Predict weather patterns in a region. C) Measure the economic growth of a country. D) Determine the physical geography of an area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analyze the age and gender structure of a population. 3. Which country is in stage 5 of the demographic transition model? A) Japan. B) Mexico. C) USA. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japan. 4. Which of the following was a consequence of the One Child Policy on the elderly population? A) Increased pressure on the younger generation to care for them. B) More elderly people living independently. C) A decrease in life expectancy. D) Improved healthcare for the elderly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased pressure on the younger generation to care for them. 5. Peran apa yang dimainkan oleh kebijakan pemerintah dalam pengendalian populasi? A) Pengendalian populasi sepenuhnya ditentukan oleh faktor-faktor alami. B) Kebijakan pemerintah tidak memiliki dampak pada dinamika populasi. C) Kebijakan pemerintah memainkan peran penting dalam mengelola pertumbuhan populasi melalui perencanaan keluarga, pendidikan, dan insentif. D) Kebijakan pemerintah hanya mempengaruhi pertumbuhan ekonomi, bukan pengendalian populasi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kebijakan pemerintah memainkan peran penting dalam mengelola pertumbuhan populasi melalui perencanaan keluarga, pendidikan, dan insentif. 6. ..... refers to the movement of people from rural areas to cities. A) Urbanization. B) Destabilization. C) Sub urbanization. D) Modernization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urbanization. 7. A country has a high death rate but also receives many remittances. Which effect is most likely? A) Population will increase quickly. B) Population will decrease quickly. C) Population pyramid will not change. D) Families may survive better with extra money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Families may survive better with extra money. 8. What are the consequences of overpopulation? A) Decreased poverty rates. B) Improved resource management. C) Consequences of overpopulation include strain on resources, environmental degradation, increased poverty, and social unrest. D) Enhanced environmental sustainability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consequences of overpopulation include strain on resources, environmental degradation, increased poverty, and social unrest. 9. Urbanization most accurately means what? A) Movement caused by disasters. B) Fewer farms producing food. C) Total people in a region. D) Growing share living in cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Growing share living in cities. 10. A type of government that is ran by representatives of the people is called a ..... A) Monarchy. B) Representative Democracy. C) Dictatorship. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Representative Democracy. 11. The land can support how many people? A) 1000 people. B) 500 people. C) 5000 people. D) 100 people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1000 people. 12. Most of the world's industrialized and technologically developed countries today have reached ..... , in which the birth rates and death rates are equal. A) Natural increases. B) Negative population growth. C) Doubling time. D) Zero population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zero population growth. 13. Money or goods a migrant sends to family and friends in their home country A) Population pyramid. B) Migration. C) Remittance. D) Doubling time. E) Natural increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Remittance. 14. Migration pattern represented by Maria's example A) Chain migration. B) Seasonal migration. C) Forced migration. D) Internal migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chain migration. 15. How does social media influence global events? A) It limits communication. B) It enables rapid information sharing and mobilization. C) It replaces governments. D) It prevents all conflicts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It enables rapid information sharing and mobilization. 16. What are "Eugenic Population Policies" ? A) Policies that encourage immigration. B) Policies that promote equal birth rates. C) Policies that favor one racial or ethnic group over others. D) Policies that reduce population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Policies that favor one racial or ethnic group over others. 17. Which statement best defines push factors in migration? A) Transportation systems that enable movement. B) Conditions that force or encourage people to leave a place. C) Government programs that limit movement. D) Conditions that attract people to a place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conditions that force or encourage people to leave a place. 18. What are the 3 statistics that create HDI (Human Development Index)? A) GNI per capita. B) Years of Expected Schooling. C) Life expectancy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. What are the factors that have led to population growth in the last 200 years? A) Food production, discoveries in medical science, and improvements in sanitation. B) Decrease in birth rate, increase in death rate, and decrease in migration. C) Decrease in food production, decrease in medical advancements, and increase in pollution. D) Increase in birth rate, decrease in death rate, and increase in migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food production, discoveries in medical science, and improvements in sanitation. 20. What is the primary distinction between evacuees and refugees? A) Evacuees are forced to leave due to war, while refugees leave due to personal choice. B) Evacuees are temporarily relocated, while refugees seek permanent resettlement. C) Refugees are temporarily relocated, while evacuees seek permanent resettlement. D) Evacuees and refugees are the same, with no differences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evacuees are temporarily relocated, while refugees seek permanent resettlement. 21. What happens to the population of an area when a person leaves it? A) The population increases. B) The population stays the same. C) The population decreases. D) The population doubles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The population decreases. 22. How do historical trade routes affect current population distribution in Ethiopia? A) Historical trade routes have no impact on urban centers in Ethiopia. B) Trade routes only affect rural areas, not urban centers. C) Historical trade routes have led to the establishment of urban centers and influenced current population distribution in Ethiopia. D) Population distribution is solely determined by climate and geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historical trade routes have led to the establishment of urban centers and influenced current population distribution in Ethiopia. 23. What is the point of monuments/statues? A) Migration. B) Communcation. C) Symbols of national pride. D) Creativity in the arts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbols of national pride. 24. Pick a city that has the LOWEST population. A) Los Angeles. B) Paris. C) Shanghai. D) Tokyo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paris. 25. What are some reasons people are forced to flee their country and become refugees? A) Wars. B) Food shortages. C) Natural disasters. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. What is an ancestor? A) A person who has passed away, like a great grandparent that you are related to. B) A stranger you meet on the train. C) Someone who is taller than you. D) Your future children are your ancestors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who has passed away, like a great grandparent that you are related to. 27. Fill in the blank:The number of deaths in a year for every 1000 people is called ..... A) Infant Mortality Rate. B) Crude Death Rate. C) Total Fertility Rate. D) Crude Birth Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crude Death Rate. 28. Time required for the population size to double A) 1 years. B) 100 years. C) Doubling rate. D) Doubling time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doubling time. 29. The largest sea in East Asia A) South China Sea. B) Sea of Japan. C) Yellow Sea. D) Huang He. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South China Sea. 30. What is the word for the number of people who can read and write in a country A) Free enterprise. B) Income. C) Life expectancy. D) Literacy rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Literacy rate. 31. Which is a NOT a sign a country is overpopulated? A) High unemployment. B) High standard of living. C) Frequent hunger and famines. D) Shortage of housing and services. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High standard of living. 32. What is a likely consequence of rapid population growth in urban areas? A) Decreased demand for housing. B) Improved air quality. C) Increased pressure on infrastructure. D) Lower population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased pressure on infrastructure. 33. When was the antinatalist population policy introduced in China? A) 1969. B) 1989. C) 1979. D) 1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1979. 34. Such events as wars, famines, and epidemics affect the population of a country or region by: A) Increasing the population rapidly. B) Decreasing the population. C) Having no effect on the population. D) Doubling the population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreasing the population. 35. Which term is defined as 'A process in which migrants reach their eventual destination through a series of smaller moves.'? A) Step Migration. B) Chain Migration. C) Circular Migration. D) Forced Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Step Migration. 36. One common cause of infant (and child) mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa is A) Non-communicable diseases. B) Air pollution. C) Water supply (sanitation). D) Housing conditions (slums). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water supply (sanitation). 37. Which statement is NOT true about settlements? A) It also consists of other structures that are necessary for its operation. (e.g. roads, bridges, squares, streets). B) A settlement can only be permanent. C) It consists of buildings with different functions (e.g. economic, dwelling, public buildings). D) A settlement is a place where people live. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A settlement can only be permanent. 38. Having a population so dense that the environment is negatively impacted A) Overpopulation. B) Immigration. C) Urbanization. D) Under population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overpopulation. 39. In Niger, culture and traditional views mean that if a family is large, it has more prestige and power. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. Pavi's style of dress is determined by her Indian ..... A) Culture. B) Politics. C) Geography. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Culture. 41. Example of Brain Drain A) Jorge, who is from Mexico City, finishes his degree in astrophysics and moves to Houston Texas to work for NASA. B) Maria, a software engineer from Brazil, relocates to Canada to join a tech startup. C) Anil, a doctor from India, decides to stay in his hometown to serve the local community. D) Fatima, a teacher from Egypt, moves to the UK to pursue a master's degree in education. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jorge, who is from Mexico City, finishes his degree in astrophysics and moves to Houston Texas to work for NASA. 42. How many people have ever lived on Earth according to estimates? A) Between 90 to 110 billion. B) Around 50 billion. C) Around 30 billion. D) Less than 20 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between 90 to 110 billion. 43. What types of densities are important to know? A) Cultural Density. B) Arithmetic Density. C) Physiological Density. D) Agricultural Density. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arithmetic Density. 44. Fill in the blank:The difference between the crude birth rate and crude death rate; a statistic that estimates the population growth of a country, not including population lost or gained due to migration, is called ..... A) Infant Mortality Rate. B) Total Fertility Rate. C) Net Migration Rate. D) Natural Increase Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural Increase Rate. 45. How does population distribution affect resource allocation? A) Resource allocation is evenly distributed regardless of population density. B) Resource allocation is solely based on government decisions. C) Population distribution has no impact on resource allocation. D) Population distribution affects resource allocation by determining where resources are needed most based on the concentration of people in different areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population distribution affects resource allocation by determining where resources are needed most based on the concentration of people in different areas. 46. The average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer A) Arable land. B) Cultural diffusion. C) Doubling time. D) Population density. E) Population distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population density. 47. An example of a push factor is ..... A) Natural disaster. B) Better health care. C) A better school. D) A new job. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural disaster. 48. Fertility and mortality rates are higher in more developed nations. Please select the best answer from the choices provided. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. When birth rate is higher than death rate, the result is: A) Remittance. B) Natural increase. C) Ongoing. D) Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural increase. 50. Scenario:In Japan, buildings are designed to move during earthquakes. What is this an example of? A) Preventing natural disasters. B) Ignoring environmental changes. C) Enhancing cultural heritage. D) Adapting to physical processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adapting to physical processes. 51. Forces that draw people to a new location A) Push Factors. B) Pull Factors. C) Mortality Rates. D) Life Expectancy Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pull Factors. 52. What age do you become economically dependent A) 16. B) 18. C) 20. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 16. 53. Oil, arable land (land good for farming), and water are considered: A) Political resources. B) Physical resources. C) Economic. D) Natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural resources. 54. Which would not be an environmental pull factor? A) Clear, dry air in Arizona. B) Rocky Mountain scenery. C) Beautiful clear water by the beach. D) Lumberjack job in the Pacific Northwest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lumberjack job in the Pacific Northwest. 55. What are two regions where people are moving away from? A) Europe and North America. B) Africa and Asia. C) South America and Antarctica. D) Australia and Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Africa and Asia. 56. Brazil, a country that is nearing the end of industrialization and has been building up its industry for the last 20 years, would fall into what stage of the demographic transition model? A) Low Stationary (Stage 4). B) Decreasing (Stage 5). C) Early Expanding (Stage 2). D) Late Expanding (Stage 3). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Late Expanding (Stage 3). 57. Migrant labours are also called work people or contact labour. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 58. Which of the following is a world health threat mentioned in the passage? A) The Black Plague. B) Pandemics. C) Cholera. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 59. The partition of India in 1947 was mainly caused by: A) Religious and ethnic tensions. B) Economic collapse. C) Foreign invasion. D) Environmental changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Religious and ethnic tensions. 60. Population pyramids of Afghanistan and France demonstrates that Afghanistan has A) Has many more young people. B) Is a developed country. C) A older population. D) Has high levels heart disease and cancer. 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