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UPSC CDS Indian Demographics — practice questions — page 9

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Who argued in 1798 that population would outrun food supply, leading to famine, disease and war?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the pull factorsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the dense factorsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the population numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the demography termsRead the answer and worked solution →Push or pullRead the answer and worked solution →Stages of transitionRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Population bingoRead the answer and worked solution →India reports 940 females per 1,000 males. What is this figure called?Read the answer and worked solution →A region shows a sex ratio strongly unfavourable to women. Which practices does the text link to this?Read the answer and worked solution →On average, the world has how many males per 100 females?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country records the highest sex ratio in the world, with only 85 males per 100 females?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country has about 311 males for every 100 females?Read the answer and worked solution →The sex ratio favours females in how many countries of the world?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do many European countries have a deficit of males?Read the answer and worked solution →Which age group forms the working population?Read the answer and worked solution →A country has a large share of people above 60. What does this require?Read the answer and worked solution →A diagram shows males on the left and females on the right by age group. What is it called?Read the answer and worked solution →Nigeria's population pyramid is triangular with a wide base. What does it show?Read the answer and worked solution →Australia's population pyramid is bell shaped. What does this indicate?Read the answer and worked solution →Japan's pyramid has a narrow base and tapered top. What does this show?Read the answer and worked solution →The share of older people in a population keeps rising. What is this process called?Read the answer and worked solution →In India, literacy rate counts people above what age who can read, write and do arithmetic?Read the answer and worked solution →In Western countries, where do females outnumber males?Read the answer and worked solution →In India, Nepal and Pakistan, urban areas have more males than females. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →Agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining are classed as which type of activity?Read the answer and worked solution →A garment factory worker is engaged in which sector?Read the answer and worked solution →Trade, transport and communication belong to which sector?Read the answer and worked solution →A software researcher developing new ideas works in which sector?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Who argued in 1798 that population would outrun food supply, leading to famine, disease and war?

  1. Adam Smith Jr
  2. Karl H. Marx
  3. David Ricardo
  4. Thomas Malthus
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Correct answer: D. Thomas Malthus

1. Malthus wrote his theory in 1798. 2. He predicted a population crash. 3. He favoured preventive checks. _Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 2, The World Population._

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Catch the pull factors

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
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    Better jobs
  2. Matches the category
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    Peace
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    Safe property
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    Nice climate
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    Good living
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    No
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    Unemployment
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    Epidemics
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    Disasters
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    Turmoil
Category
Pull factor
Instructions
Catch the pull factors that attract migrants. Let the push factors fall.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 2, The World Population._

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Pop the dense factors

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Other terms
  1. Deserts
  2. Steep hills
  3. Harsh cold
Matching terms
  1. Fresh water
  2. Flat plains
  3. Fertile soil
  4. Minerals
  5. Industries
  6. Cities
Instructions
Pop the factors that make an area densely populated.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 2, The World Population._

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