This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Geography > Human Resources > Class 8 Geography Chapter 6 Human Resources – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Geography Chapter 6 Human Resources Quiz 4 (45 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following statements best defines population? A) The total number of people living in an area. B) Where people are living and how spread out or close together they are. C) The average number of people living in a certain area. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The total number of people living in an area. 2. One reason the world is growing so quickly is because ..... A) The world has infinite resources for everyone. B) Birth rate is higher than death rate. C) There are more and more places for people to live. D) Death rate is higher than birth rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Birth rate is higher than death rate. 3. Which of the following is NOT a skill that a business would look for when recruiting? A) Qualifications. B) Plagiarism. C) Leadership. D) Teamwork. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plagiarism. 4. What is recruitment? A) Those who have an interest in the business. B) The way a business finds new staff. C) It is another term for vacancy. D) Customer service best practice is carried out using this method. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The way a business finds new staff. 5. The way in which people are spread across the earth surface is known as the ..... A) Birth Rate. B) Density of Population. C) Pattern of population distribution. D) Natural Growth Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pattern of population distribution. 6. Which one of the following is not an area of sparse population? A) The sahara. B) The Equatorial Forest. C) The Ganga valley. D) The Polar region. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Ganga valley. 7. The way in which people are spread across the earth surface is called A) Population composition. B) Pattern of population change. C) Pattern of population distribution. D) Factors affecting population change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pattern of population distribution. 8. There are ..... groups of dependent population A) 5. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 9. Stored in aquifers that have rocks that were formed in the oceans A) Ground water. B) Oil. C) Gold. D) Salt water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ground water. 10. Which resource is known as ultimate resources? A) (d) Human Resource. B) (c) Conventional Resource. C) (b) Man-made Resource. D) A) Natural Resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (c) Conventional Resource. 11. Why would an area be sparsely populated? A) Lack of natural resources. B) Land is covered with ice. C) Land cannot be developed. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. What is human migration? A) When people migrate due to boredom. B) When people migrate to be closer to family and friends. C) When people migrate just for fun and with no proper intension. D) Human migration involves the movement of people from one place to another with intentions of settling permanently or temporarily at a new location. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human migration involves the movement of people from one place to another with intentions of settling permanently or temporarily at a new location. 13. What is immigration? A) When a person enters a new country. B) When a person leaves a country. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When a person enters a new country. 14. People move into and begin living in an area that previously had no human activity. What will most likely be the effect on the amount of water. A) The amount of fresh water suitable for drinking will increase. B) Most of the fresh water in the area will be converted to salt water. C) There will be less water available for other living things. D) Water will be more evenly distributed in the area. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There will be less water available for other living things. 15. We enjoy the beauty of mountains, waterfalls, sea, landscape. Thus they are resources which have ..... value. A) Economic value. B) Aesthetic value. C) Artistic value. D) Ethical value. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aesthetic value. 16. ..... can be used to make coins A) Gold. B) Dimonds. C) Iron. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gold. 17. HOW MANY TYPES OF LABOUR EMPLOYMENT ARE THERE? A) UNSKILLED. B) SKILLED. C) HIGHLY SKILLED. D) ALL OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL OF THE ABOVE. 18. In all of the following examples, the quantity of the resource being used by humans is affected EXCEPT- A) Petroleum taken from the ground and burned for fuel. B) Fresh water used for agriculture, recreation, and tourism. C) Wind power used to provide energy for homes and businesses. D) Metal ores mined and used to created building materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind power used to provide energy for homes and businesses. 19. Full Form ok PKVY A) Pridhan kaushal vikas yojna. B) Prime minister skill development scheme. C) Main skill development scheme. D) Principal skill development scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prime minister skill development scheme. 20. WHEN WAS HRD MINISTRY CREATED IN INDIA? A) 1984. B) 1990. C) 1985. D) 1986. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1985. 21. A business has a highly productive workforce. This means that: A) It should have more flexibility in its pricing. B) It will find it more difficult to compete with rivals. C) Its labour costs per unit will rise. D) Its profit margins may fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It should have more flexibility in its pricing. 22. What is the meaning of human resources? A) The people who represents a business. B) The best person to do the job. C) The people employed to do work in a business. D) Supervises employees and sets tasks to be done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The people employed to do work in a business. 23. What is the population of the world expected to be in 2025? A) 10.254 billion. B) 8.525 billion. C) 9.887 billion. D) 8.456 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8.525 billion. 24. The human resource ministry was created in A) 1995. B) 1992. C) 1992. D) 1990. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1995. 25. ..... is a pattern in which the population are spread or distributed all over the world. A) Population distribution. B) Population composition. C) Density of population. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population distribution. 26. Which one of the following states has the highest density of the population A) Kerala. B) Bihar. C) Uttar Pradesh. D) West Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bihar. 27. Many more people live in two continents A) Asia, Australia. B) Africa, Asia. C) America, Africa. D) Africa, Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Africa, Asia. 28. ..... is the defined as the number of people living in a unit area of land. A) Density of population. B) Population growth. C) Population distribution. D) Population composition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Density of population. 29. ..... populated areas are not found in a continuous belt. A) Moderate. B) Sparse. C) Dense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moderate. 30. Which term means actively looking for qualified employees? A) Recruitment. B) Meeting staffing needs. C) Background check. D) Human resources management. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recruitment. 31. ..... is defined as the structure of the population A) Population pyramid. B) Population composition. C) Age composition. D) Sex-ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population composition. 32. When was Ministry of Human Resource Development created? A) 2000. B) 1985. C) 1979. D) 1990. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1985. 33. Emigrants are people who enters a new country. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. Densely populated area A) Amazon Basin. B) Two koreas. C) Argentina. D) Central China. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two koreas. 35. Who are emigrants and immigrants? A) People who travel to settle are immigrants. B) Immigrant and emigrant both refer to a person leaving their own country for another. People are emigrants when they leave their country of origin. When they arrive at their destination, they are immigrants. C) People who never move are emigrants. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immigrant and emigrant both refer to a person leaving their own country for another. People are emigrants when they leave their country of origin. When they arrive at their destination, they are immigrants. 36. PRESENT HRD MISNISTER IS ..... A) Ramesh Pokhriyal. B) Prakash Javadekar. C) KAPIL SIBAL. D) Smirk Irani. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ramesh Pokhriyal. 37. The areas of alluvial soil and lava soil support ..... population A) Moderate. B) Less. C) More. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More. 38. It is defined as the capacity and capability to develop natural resources into useful products A) Skill. B) Age composition. C) Creativity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skill. 39. When a person leaves a country. A) Evacuation. B) Emigration. C) Immigration. D) Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emigration. 40. Hwang-He, Chang Jiang plains are located in ..... A) VIETNAM. B) KOREA. C) JAPAN. D) CHINA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CHINA. 41. People leaving a country is called A) Immigration. B) Mass migration. C) Urbanization. D) Emigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emigration. 42. In countries like ..... low birth rate makes the pyramid narrow at the base A) BANGLADESH. B) KENYA. C) JAPAN. D) INDIA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) JAPAN. 43. What is emigration? A) People leaving the country. B) People entering a new country. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People leaving the country. 44. WHAT IS POPULATION DENSITY? A) TH NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING ON ROAD. B) TH NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN A HOUSE. C) TH NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN CUBE KM. D) TH NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN SQUARE KM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) TH NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN SQUARE KM. 45. The movement of people from rural areas into cities is called ..... A) Industrialization. B) Globalization. C) City moving. D) Urbanization. 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