Population, Demography, Migration, Settlements, Urbanization GK Questions and Answers | Human Geography MCQs
1. Central place theory was given by _________
- Ratzel
- Christaller
- Von Thunen
- None of these
Answer: Christaller
2. Which of the following socio-economic factors does NOT act as a determinant for uneven distribution of population?
- Urbanisation
- Agricultural practices
- Available of mineral resources
- Political decision
Answer: Agricultural practices
⭐ Make GKSeries Your Preferred Source on Google
Add GKSeries as Preferred Source
3. What do you understand by Sex ratio?
- Number of females per 1000 males
- Number of female birth per 1000 male birth
- Number of males per 1000 females
- Number child birth per 1000 child death
Answer: Number of females per 1000 males
4. The social indicator to measure the extent of equality between males and females in a society at a given time?
- death rate
- literacy rate
- age composition
- sex ratio
Answer: sex ratio
5. Which among the following stages of demographic transition is called the stage of stationary population?
- Stage of high birth rate and high death rate
- Stage of high birth rate and low death rate.
- Stage of declining birth rate and low death rate.
- Stage of low birth rate and death rate
Answer: Stage of low birth rate and death rate
6. Ebony and Mahogany trees are associated with
- Tropical Monsoon forests
- Coniferous forests
- Deciduous forests
- Tropical Evergreen forests
Answer: Tropical Evergreen forests
7. Approximately one-half of the world population lives in?
- South and South-East Asia
- East Asia and Europe
- Europe and Estern-North America
- East and South Asia
Answer: East and South Asia
8. What defines the number of daughters who would be born to a woman according to current age-specific fertility and mortality rates?
- Net Reproduction Rate
- Gross Reproduction Rate
- Crude Birth Rate
- General Fertility Rate
Answer: Net Reproduction Rate
9. What is the difference between the birth rate and death rate of the population of a country called?
- Demographic dividend
- Demographic Gap
- Physiological Density
- Crude Birth Rate
Answer: Demographic Gap
10. When did the world attain one billion population for the first time?
- 1975
- 1830
- 1930
- 1960
Answer: 1830
11. What is the population per sq km of arable land available in a country called?
- Real Population Density
- Physiological Density
- Absolute Density
- Density
Answer: Physiological Density
12. Which year is called the year of the great divide in the demographic history of India?
- 1891
- 1951
- 1991
- 1921
Answer: 1921
13. Who among the following gave the Theory of demographic Transition?
- Frank W. Notestein
- Alexander Humboldt
- Charles Darwin
- Jeans Jacques
Answer: Frank W. Notestein
14. Which one of the following demographic parameters represents the population growth rate?
- Natural change and crude birth rate
- Natural change and net migration
- Net migration and fertility rate
- Net migration and birth rate
Answer: Natural change and net migration
15. Which of the following cannot be drawn from the Population Pyramid of a country?
- Dependency ratio
- Population Growth Rate
- Gender distribution within population
- Total population size
Answer: Total population size
16. Who wrote 'An Essay on the principle of population'?
- Malthus
- Marx
- Thompson
- Doubleday
Answer: Malthus
17. Who was the exponent of optimum population theory ?
- Malthus
- Edwin Cannan
- Adam Smith
- Amartya Sen
Answer: Edwin Cannan
18. The wide treeless grassy plains in South America are called
- Prairies
- Selvas
- Pampas
- Steppes
Answer: Pampas
19. A person moves to another country to study for a few years and then returns home. This is an example of:
- Short term migration
- Long term migration
- Rural to urban migration
- Annual migration
Answer: Short term migration
20. Who coined the term Demographic Dividend?
- David Bloom
- Alexander Humboldt
- Charles Darwin
- Jeans Jacques
Answer: David Bloom
21. What defines the number of daughters who would be born to a woman completing her reproductive life at current age-specific fertility rates?
- Crude Birth Rate
- General Fertility Rate
- Gross Reproduction Rate
- Net Reproduction Rate
Answer: Gross Reproduction Rate
22. Which among the following stages of demographic transition is called the stage of stationary population?
- Stage of high birth rate and high death rate
- Stage of high birth rate and low death rate.
- Stage of declining birth rate and low death rate.
- Stage of low birth rate and low death rate
Answer: Stage of low birth rate and low death rate
23. Which one of the following is not an area of sparse population?
- The Atacama
- Equatorial region
- South-east Asia
- Polar regions
Answer: South-east Asia
24. Which part of the world has become the highest density of population as of September 2020?
- East Australia
- North America
- East Africa
- South Central Asia
Answer: South Central Asia
25. Name the state having highest percentage of literacy level?
- West Bengal
- Punjab
- Kerala
- Maharashtra
Answer: Kerala
26. The regions with highest and lowest densities are respectively
- North America and Africa
- Europe and Africa
- Asia and Oceania
- Europe and Oceania
Answer: Europe and Oceania
27. Which of the following statements about urban areas is NOT true?
- There is traffic congestion
- Public utilities are not readily available
- There are higher crime rates
- Slums often develop in and around urban areas
Answer: Public utilities are not readily available
28. What is an important indicator about the status of women in a country?
- Crude Birth Rate
- Gross Reproduction Rate
- Sex Ratio
- Crude Death Rate
Answer: Sex Ratio
29. Industrial location theory is a brain child of:
- Taylor
- Febver
- Ratzel
- Weber
Answer: Weber
30. Who gave his ideas regarding population in his book ‘Essay on the principle of Population’?
- Frank W Notestein
- Thomas Robert Malthus
- Alexander Humboldt
- F. Hoyle
Answer: Thomas Robert Malthus
