This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why do some countries have an ageing population? A) Children are needed to work and can help on the farm. B) Lack of sex education and low levels of education of girls. C) Increased immigration means the population is getting younger. D) Better health care means people are living longer and people are having fewer children. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Better health care means people are living longer and people are having fewer children. 2. Population Change:What will likely happen to a country's population if its Crude Death Rate (CDR) is consistently higher than its Crude Birth Rate (CBR)? A) The population will remain the same. B) The population will fluctuate unpredictably. C) The population will decrease. D) The population will increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The population will decrease. 3. Which situation is a pull factor for migrants? A) Crop failure for two seasons. B) Flood destroying farmland. C) Loss of factory employment. D) Safer neighborhoods nearby. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Safer neighborhoods nearby. 4. The spread of information, material, and non-material characteristics from one culture to another is called what? A) Cultural Diffusion. B) Urban Sprawl. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural Diffusion. 5. A type of migration where people do not choose to relocate, but do so under threat of violence, persecution, or disaster. What is this called? A) Internal Migration. B) Voluntary Migration. C) Seasonal Migration. D) Forced Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forced Migration. 6. Which of the following is a solution to overpopulation? A) Promoting sustainable agriculture. B) Increasing factory production. C) Expanding urban areas. D) Encouraging larger families. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Promoting sustainable agriculture. 7. Discuss the challenges faced by countries with uneven population distribution. A) Inadequate infrastructure, resource strain, inequitable services, imbalanced economic growth. B) Overpopulation, lack of resources, equal distribution of services, balanced economic growth. C) Inadequate housing, resource depletion, fair services, sustainable economic growth. D) Insufficient infrastructure, resource abundance, equitable services, stable economic growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inadequate infrastructure, resource strain, inequitable services, imbalanced economic growth. 8. Widespread poverty is an example of a push factor. A) Abundant resources. B) Economic prosperity. C) Widespread poverty. D) High employment rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Widespread poverty. 9. What trend is observed in the populations of less industrialized nations? A) Populations are decreasing. B) Populations are remaining constant. C) Populations are growing. D) Populations are slowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Populations are growing. 10. What benefits or good do you think comes from human population growth? A) Greater innovation and technological advancement. B) Decreased demand for housing. C) Reduced strain on natural resources. D) Lower levels of pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greater innovation and technological advancement. 11. Life Expectancy:Life expectancy measures ..... A) The number of births per year. B) The average income of a population. C) The total population of a country. D) The average number of years a person is expected to live. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The average number of years a person is expected to live. 12. How can a population pyramid help analyze a population? A) By showing reasons for migration. B) By displaying the sex and age distribution of the population. C) By calculating carrying capacity. D) By listing birth and death rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By displaying the sex and age distribution of the population. 13. Japan would be an example of a ..... A) Perforated States. B) Compact State. C) Multinational State. D) Nation-State. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nation-State. 14. Which of the following best describes the term 'carrying capacity'? A) The number of births per 1, 000 people in a year. B) The maximum number of people an area can sustainably support. C) The average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime. D) The total number of people living in urban areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The maximum number of people an area can sustainably support. 15. The period in the 1700s and 1800s during which many countries experienced rapid cultural change as they developed power-driven machines and fcatories to mass-produced goods is known as the A) Communist Revolution. B) Agricultural Revolution. C) Industrial Revolution. D) Information Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial Revolution. 16. Death rates are low, birth rates decrease, usually due to an improved economy, women's status. A) Stage 4 of the Demographic Transition Model. B) Stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model. C) Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition Model. D) Stage 5 of the Demographic Transition Model. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model. 17. What is the term used for moving herds between pastures with the change of seasons? A) Herding. B) Nomadism. C) Migration. D) Transhumance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transhumance. 18. What term is given to the difference between birth and death rate? A) Natural Increase. B) Birth Rate. C) Death Rate. D) Population Distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Increase. 19. Something that makes people want to leave where they are is called a ..... A) Push factor. B) Pull factor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Push factor. 20. According to the slide 'Why Might Population Increase in the Future?', what is a possible stage 5 of the epidemiologic transition? A) Reemergence of infectious diseases. B) Increase in birth rates. C) Decrease in migration. D) Decline of chronic diseases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reemergence of infectious diseases. 21. What factors contribute to urban population growth? A) Agricultural productivity. B) Multiple factors such as rural to urban migration, natural population growth, economic opportunities, healthcare and education facilities, infrastructure development, and urbanization trends contribute to urban population growth. C) Social media influence. D) Weather patterns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multiple factors such as rural to urban migration, natural population growth, economic opportunities, healthcare and education facilities, infrastructure development, and urbanization trends contribute to urban population growth. 22. Virtually all population growth today occurs in less developed countries (LDCs). A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Around the world, urban populations in cities are growing at a much higher rate than rural populations A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. What occurs in Stage 3 of the demographic transition A) Birth rates are high and death rates are high. B) Both the birth rate and death rate have been low for a considerable period of time. C) The death rate begins rising again. D) Birth rates fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Birth rates fall. 25. If a graph is going up, should we assume that the population is increasing or decreasing? A) Increasing. B) Decreasing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing. 26. Lowest CDR occurs during stage A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 27. Which stage of the epidemiologic transition involves medical advances that prolong life? A) Stage 1. B) Stage 4. C) Stage 3. D) Stage 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stage 4. 28. URBANIZATION fits best under what THEME of geography? (Remember, urbanization is a PROCESS) A) Region. B) Human Environment Interaction. C) Movement. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement. 29. Age-sex composition graphs that can provide information on birth and death rates, life expectancy, economic development, migration, and past events like natural disasters or war. (Fill in the blank with the correct term) A) Scatter Plot. B) Bar Graph. C) Population Pyramid. D) Pie Chart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population Pyramid. 30. Which of the following is the worlds fastest growing country? A) China. B) South Africa. C) U.S. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India. 31. What is the US census? A) A yearly survey of consumer preferences. B) A constitutionally mandated count and survey of the population conducted regularly. C) A database of immigration records only. D) A voluntary poll run by private organizations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A constitutionally mandated count and survey of the population conducted regularly. 32. Which term means the time it takes for a population to double in size? A) Population pyramid. B) Migration. C) Doubling time. D) Natural increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doubling time. 33. What could cause someone to migrate involuntarily? A) If they wanted to move closer to their friends. B) If they wanted to go to university in another country. C) If the country they live in was at war. D) If they wanted to go on holiday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If the country they live in was at war. 34. By landmass this country is the second largest in the World A) United States. B) Canada. C) China. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canada. 35. Access to education for women affects fertility rates in which of the following ways? A) It generally leads to lower fertility rates. B) It causes fertility rates to increase significantly. C) It has no impact on fertility rates. D) It results in unpredictable changes in fertility rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It generally leads to lower fertility rates. 36. What does "Sex Ratio" refer to? A) The ratio of urban to rural populations. B) The ratio of males to females in a population. C) The ratio of births to deaths. D) The ratio of married to single individuals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ratio of males to females in a population. 37. What does population density refer to? A) The number of deaths per 1, 000 people in a population. B) The average number of years a person is expected to live. C) The way people are spread out across an area. D) The number of people living per unit of land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The number of people living per unit of land. 38. Why did large numbers of Africans migrate to the Americas? A) Countries competed over resources during the Age of Exploration, and many African explorers sailed to the New World in search of riches. B) Large numbers of Africans were forcibly taken to the Americas during the slave trade. C) Large numbers of Africans came to the Americas to find employment and to work on the railroads. D) Africans crossed the land bridge from Asia to Alaska during the Ice Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large numbers of Africans were forcibly taken to the Americas during the slave trade. 39. What term refers to people who move into a country? A) Dependency Ratio. B) Emigrants. C) Immigrants. D) Population Density. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immigrants. 40. Which term describes the average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime? A) Birthrate. B) Population density. C) Fertility rate. D) Mortality rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fertility rate. 41. What is the term for the area from which a settlement provides goods and services? A) Zone of influence. B) Sphere of influence. C) Range of influence. D) Circle of influence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sphere of influence. 42. Is it a developed nation or developing nation? Country has a high GDP Per Capita A) Developed Nation. B) Developing Nation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Developed Nation. 43. The growth rate of a population is known as ..... A) Death rate. B) Migration. C) Natural increase. D) Birth rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural increase. 44. What is a "Population Projection" ? A) A map of population density. B) A record of past population growth. C) A prediction of future population trends. D) A census report. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A prediction of future population trends. 45. The physical process which small bits of the earth surface are worn away by wind or water A) Human environment interaction. B) Erosion. C) Weathering. D) Natural disasters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 46. If Country A has a low growth rate, high literacy rate, and largely tertiary level economic activity, then it is A) In North Africa. B) Developing. C) Developed. D) In transition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Developed. 47. What is natural increase in a population? A) The movement of people from place to place. B) The difference between an area's birthrate and its death rate. C) The number of deaths per year for every 1, 000 people. D) The number of years it takes a population to double in size. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The difference between an area's birthrate and its death rate. 48. Which is NOT a factor encouraging high fertility? A) Education of girls. B) Low status of women. C) Religious or traditional beliefs. D) Children needed to work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Education of girls. 49. Which South American country moved its capital? A) Brazil. B) Venezuela. C) Chile. D) Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brazil. 50. A country in Stage 4 of the Demographic Transition Model is experiencing a declining birth rate below the replacement level. What long-term effect might this have? A) Rapid population growth. B) Population aging and possible decline. C) Increased infant mortality. D) Higher death rates than birth rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population aging and possible decline. 51. Antinatalist policies are government measures aimed at reducing population growth. Which of the following is an example of an antinatalist policy? A) Implementing a one-child policy. B) Promoting early marriage. C) Encouraging higher birth rates. D) Offering tax incentives for large families. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Implementing a one-child policy. 52. The number of infants that die before their first birthday per 1, 000 births is defined as A) Birth rate. B) Death rate. C) Population. D) Infant mortality rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infant mortality rate. 53. This type of economy depends on supply and demand and consumers freely choose what buy and sell. A) Mixed Economy. B) Market Economy. C) Command Economy. D) Traditional Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Market Economy. 54. Approximately how many people live on Earth? A) 7 billion. B) 6.5 billion. C) 5 billion. D) 6 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7 billion. 55. What are some examples of Push Factors? A) War, famine, persecution, poverty. B) Better economic opportunities and family connections. C) High population density and urbanization. D) Lack of education and healthcare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) War, famine, persecution, poverty. 56. Which areas of the world generally have net out-migration? A) Asia and North America. B) Africa and Europe. C) Africa and Asia. D) Latin America and Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Africa and Asia. 57. A poorer country with a less advanced economy A) Rural country. B) Developing country. C) Developed country. D) Industrial nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developing country. 58. Which areas may be densely populated? A) Certain areas, while others are thinly populated. B) All areas equally. C) Only rural areas. D) Only mountain regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Certain areas, while others are thinly populated. 59. What is a major challenge to growth related to population? A) Overpopulation. B) Underpopulation. C) Decreasing population. D) Balanced population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overpopulation. 60. Which of the following best describes a 'push factor' in migration? A) Attractive job opportunities in another country. B) Favorable climate in a destination. 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