Q. Who said “Asia has many places where people are few but few places where people are many”?

a. George B. Cressey

b. Ralph waldo

c. Thomas Malthus

d. None of the following

Answer: George B. Cressey

Q. Broadly 90% of the population lives in what percentage of total habitant land?

a. 5%

b. 10%

c. 20%

d. 50%

Answer: 10%

Q. Which one of the following countries is not among top 10 nations with highest population?

a. Mexico

b. Russia

c. Bangladesh

d. South Korea

Answer: South Korea

Q. Out of top 10 countries how many countries are in Asia?

a. 3

b. 4

c. 5

d. 6

Answer: 6

Q. Which continent has highest population density?

a. Europe

b. Australia

c. Asia

d. Northern America

Answer: Asia

Q. Which one of the following is not a geographical factor influencing the distribution of population?

a. Availability of water

b. Climate

c. Landform

d. Minerals

Answer: Minerals

Q. Ruhr basin in Germany and Katanga Zambia copper belt in Africa area. perfect example of____?

a. Minerals

b. Climate

c. Soil

d. None of the above

Answer: Minerals

Q. The Kobe Osaka region of Japan is thickly populated because of____?

a. Good climate

b. Presence of a number of industries

c. High minerals deposited

d. None of the above

Answer: Presence of a number of industries

Q. Change of population in a particular area between two points of time is known as___?

a. Population density

b. Birth rate

c. Death rate

d. Growth of population

Answer: Growth of population

Q. Which of the following is most suitable for a developed country?

A. positive growth of population

b. negative growth of population

c. high population density

d. low population density

Answer: Negative growth of population

Q. In which type of migration, migrants moveout from the place of origin to a new place?

a. Immigration

b. Emigration

c. Both a and b

d. None of the above

Answer: Immigration

Q. Which one of the following is a good example of push factor?

a. Poor living conditions

b. Education facilities

c. Better environment

d. Employment opportunities

Answer: Poor living conditions

Q. Which one of the following is not a good example of pull factor?

a. Education facilities

b. Better environment

c. Employment opportunities

d. Unpleasant climate

Answer: Unpleasant climate

Q. How many years it took to rise from 5 billion population to 6billion population?

a. 1 year

b. 20 years

c. 4 years

d. 12 years

Answer: 12 years

Q. What was the reason behind high death rate in first stage of demographic transition?

a. Epidemic

b. Variable food supply

c. Both a and b

d. None of the above

Answer: Both a and b

Q. What caused a boost in population in second stage of demographic transition?

a. Improvement in medical facilities

b. High fertility rate

c. Both a and b

d. None of the above

Answer: Both a and b

Q. Why did both fertility rate and mortality are declined in third stage of demographic transition?

a. Urbanized population

b. better education

c. marriage control

d. all of the above

Answer: All of the above

Q. The theory (1798) which states that the number of people will increase faster than food supply was stated by ___________?

a. George B. Cressey

b. Ralph waldo

c. Thomas Malthus

d. None of the following

Answer: Thomas Malthus

Q. Which one of the following continents has the highest growth rate of population?

a. Asia

b. Europe

c. Australia

d. Africa

Answer: Africa

Q. The world population exploded in eighteenth century after the____?

a. World war 2

b. Cold war

c. Civil war

d. Industrial revolution

Answer: Industrial revolution

Q. Which one of the following states has most unfortunate sex ratio in India according to census 2011?

a. Haryana

b. Punjab

c. Bihar

d. Uttar Pradesh

Answer: Haryana (861 female)

Q. Which one of the following formulas can be used to calculate sex ratio in India?

a. Male population/ female population X 1000

b. Female population/ male population X 1000

c. Both a and b

d. None of the above

Answer: Female population/ male population X 1000

Q. Which one of the following situations can lead to an unfortunate sex ratio?

a. Areas with the practice of female foeticide

b. Domestic violence

c. Female infanticide

d. All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Q. What is the average sex ratio in the world?

a. 120 male/ 100 female

b. 210 male/ 100 female

c. 102 male/ 100 female

d. None of the above

Answer: 102 male/ 100 female

Q. Which one of the following countries have highest sex ratio in world?

a. Latvia

b. USA

c. South Korea

d. Japan

Answer: Latvia

Q. Which one of the following countries have lowest sex ration in the world?

a. India

b. UAE

c. Pakistan

d. Qatar

Answer: Qatar

Q. According to the United Nations, how many countries are having unfavorable sex ratio?

a. 70

b. 71

c. 72

d. None of the above

Answer: 72

Q. Population of what age group is considered as working population?

a. 15-59 years

b. 18-59 years

c. 18-60 years

d. None of the above

Answer: 15-59 years

Q. On which side of the age- sex pyramid we represent female population?

a. Left side

b. Right side

c. Any side

d. None of the above.

Answer: Right side

Q. Countries like Nigeria and Bangladesh are perfect example of which type of age sex pyramid?

a. Expanding population

b. Constant population

c. Declining population

d. None of the above

Answer: Expanding population

Q. Which of the age sex pyramid is also known as ‘bell shaped pyramid’?

a. Expanding population

b. Constant population

c. Declining population

d. None of the above

Answer: Constant population

Q. In which type of age sex pyramid population growth is usually zero or negative?

a. Expanding population

b. Constant population

c. Declining population

d. None of the above

Answer: Declining population

Q. In which one of the following countries male outnumber female population in rural and female outnumber male in urban areas?

a. India

b. China

c. Finland

d. Pakistan

Answer: Finland

Q. In European countries, a deficit of males is due to:

A. Low Birth Rate

B. High Death Rate

C. Better status of women

D. Better status of men

Answer: Better status of women

Q. Which one of the following has caused the sex ratio of the United Arab Emirates to be low?

a. Selective migration of working population

b. High birth rate of males

c. Low birth rate of females

d. High out-migration of females.

Answer: High out-migration of female

Q. Which of the following points correctly defines the term growth?

a. Refer to change over a period of time.

b. Quantitative and value neutral

c. May be positive or negative

d. All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Q. Which of the following is the meaning of development?

a. Negative as well as positive

b. Qualitative change which is always value positive

c. When there is quantitative change, development takes place

d. None of the above

Answer: Qualitative change which is always value positive

Q. Which of the only criterion was used earlier for many decades to measure a country’s level of development?

a. In terms of its economic growth

b. In terms of increased literacy

c. In terms of increasing basic amenities.

d. In terms of more expenditure in the field of education.

Answer: In terms of its economic growth

Q. Which of the following economists developed the concept of Human Development?

a. Amartya Sen

b. Kailash Satyarthi

c. Muhammad Yunus

d. Dr. Mehboob-ul-Haq

Answer: Dr. Mehboob-ul-Haq

Q. Which of the following is not a key area of human development?

a. Access to resources

b. Access to health

c. Access to education

d. Access to lead a luxurious life

Answer: Access to lead a luxurious life

Q. Which of the following reasons are responsible for the incapability and non-freedom to make even basic choices?

a. Their inability to acquire knowledge

b. Their material poverty

c. social discrimination and inefficiency of institutions

d. All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Q. Which of the following score represent the greater level of human development?

a. When the score is closer to 0.268

b. When the score is closer to 1

c. When the score is closer to 0.586

d. When the score is closer to -1

Answer: When the score is closer to 1

Q. Which of the following countries is having lower rank in terms of human development index?

a. Sri Lanka

b. India

c. Tobago

d. Trinidad

Answer: India

Q. Which of the following states performs much better in human development despite having lower per capita income?

a. Punjab

b. Haryana

c. Kerala

d. Tamil Nadu

Answer: Kerala

Q. Which of the following countries attained a top rank in terms of its Human Development Index Value?

a. Norway

b. Denmark

c. Netherlands

d. Ireland

Answer: Norway

Q. Which of the following factors are responsible for having the low level of human development index in some countries?

a. Political turmoil

b. social instability in the form of civil war

c. Famine or high incidence of diseases

d. All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Q. Which one of the following countries is having lowest HDI?

a. Pakistan

b. Afghanistan

c. UAE

d. Nizar

Answer: Nizar

Q. Which program was introduced by the government of India to address the issue of decline in child sex ratio?

a. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

b. Annapurna Scheme.

c. Bhartiya Mahila Bank Business Loan.

d. Mudra Yojana Scheme.

Answer: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

Q. What means to have the power to make choices?

a. Equity

b. Sustainability

c. Productivity

d. Empowerment

Answer: Empowerment

Q. Suppose a country scored 0.268 in HDI, in which category will this country come in?

a. Very high

b. High

c. Medium

d. Low

Answer: Very low

Q. In which year United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published its first human development report?

a. 1940

b. 1990

c. 1980

d. 1987

Answer: 1990

Q. Which only country in the world officially proclaims the Gross National Happiness (GNH)?

a. India

b. USA

c. Japan

d. Bhutan

Answer: Bhutan

Q. Which of the following economic activities are directly dependent on environment?

a. Primary activities

b. Secondary activities

c. Tertiary activities

d. Quaternary activities

Answer: Primary activities

Q. Which of the following activity was associated with earliest human beings?

a. Pastoralism

b. agriculture

c. Hunting and gathering

d. Mining

Answer: Hunting and Gathering

Q. In which of the following areas gathering practiced?

a. Northern Canada

b. Amazon Basin

c. Northern fringe of Australia

d. All of above

Answer: All of the above

Q. Which of the following is not related with the items gathered by gatherer?

a. Balata

b. cosmetics

c. Wheat plant

d. rubber

Answer: Wheat plant

Q. Which of the following factor is most important for the movement of nomadic herders from one place to another?

a. Climatic conditions

b. Technological level

c. Amount of money

d. Quality of pastures and water

Answer: Quality of pastures and water

Q. In Himalayan regions which of the following tribes are linked with the activity of Transhumance?

a. Bheels

b. Gonds

c. Bakarwals

d. Santhals

Answer: Bakarwals

Q. Which of the following are the chief characteristic of Commercial livestock rearing?

a. Organized and capital intensive

b. Practiced on permanent ranches

c. Only one type of animal is reared

d. All the above

Answer: All of the above.

Q. Grazing in parcels, is an important characteristic of which of the following activity?

a. Nomadic herding

b. Commercial livestock rearing

c. Dairy farming

d. Factory farming

Answer: Commercial livestock rearing

Q. Commercial livestock rearing is not associated with which of the following countries?

a. Central China

b. New Zealand

c. Australia

d. Argentina

Answer: Central China

Q. Which of the following area is not associated with Primitive subsistence farming?

a. Africa

b. South and Central America

c. New Zealand

d. South East Asia

Answer: New Zealand

Q. Slash and burn agriculture is also known as –

a. Jhuming in North eastern India

b. Milpa in Central America

c. Ladang in Indonesia

d. All the above

Answer: All of the above.

Q. Which of the following factor is responsible for the lessening trend reflected in the cycle of ‘Jhum’?

a. uneven topography of North-eastern India

b. Loss of fertility in different parcels

c. Lack of technology

d. Due to river Brahmaputra and vast network of its tributaries

Answer: Loss of fertility in different parcels.

Q. Intensive subsistence agriculture is characterized by which of the following factors?

a. Land holdings are very small due to high density of population.

b. The yield per unit area is high but per labor productivity is low

c. Single crop specialization

d. Only (a) and (b) are correct

Answer: Only (a) and (b) are correct

Q. Fodder crop is an important component of which of the following farming?

a. Mediterranean Farming

b. Mixed Farming

c. Extensive commercial grain farming

d. Dairy Farming

Answer: Mixed Farming

Q. ‘Growing flowers’ especially tulips is the specialization of which of the following countries?

a. Norway

b. Sweden

c. Netherlands

d. Belgium

Answer: Netherlands

Q. Which of the following is an important feature of poultry farming and cattle rearing?

a. Breed selection and scientific breeding

b. Feeding of animals and poultry done on manufactured feed stuff

c. Farmers used to pool in all their resources

d. Only (a) and (b) are correct

Answer: Only (a) and (b) are correct

Q. Which of the following crop is considered as the principal crop?

a. Wheat

b. Barley

c. Maize

d. Oats

Answer: Wheat

2Q. ’Single crop specialization’ is the characteristics of which of the following type of

agriculture?

a. plantation agriculture

b. Mediterranean agriculture

c. Intensive subsistence agriculture

d. None of the above

Answer: None of the above.

Q. Which of the following will be considered as an economic activity?

a. Teaching of students in the class by a teacher

b. Nursing of husband at home by a nurse

c. Giving services at free of cost at any religious place

d. Pilgrimage to old parents.

Answer: Teaching of students in the class by a teacher

Q. Which of the following is not an economic activity?

a. Treatment of patient by a doctor

b. Selling of fruits by a fruit seller

c. Growing of crops by a farmer

d. Taking care of mother to her child

Answer: Taking care of mother to her child

Q. Which of the following is not a primary activity?

a. Animal herding

b. Services of an advocate

c. Fishing

d. Mining

Answer: Services of an advocate

Q. Which of the following is not a plantation crop?

a. Tea

b. Rice

c. Rubber

d. Sugarcane

Answer: Rice

Q. Which of the following country specializes in the growing of flowers?

a. Canada

b. Netherlands

c. Tasmania

d. Denmark

Answer: Netherlands

Q. Which of the following countries became most successful in terms of Co-operative

Movement?

a. Canada

b. Denmark

c. Belgium

d. Sweden

Answer: Denmark

Q. To which of the following, coffee estates are known for in Brazil?

a. Fazenda

b. Truck Farming

c. Factory Farming

d. Dairy Farming

Answer: Fazenda

Q. What is the meaning of Kolkhoz?

a. Commercial Farming

b. Collective Farming

c. Co-operative Farming

d. Market Gardening

Answer: Collective Farming

Q. Citrus fruits are the specialty of which of the following agriculture?

a. Plantation Agriculture

b. Truck Farming

c. Mediterranean Agriculture

d. Co-operative Agriculture

Answer: Mediterranean Agriculture

Q. In Europe livestock is reared on the manufactured feedstuff. What does such kind of

agriculture called?

a. Factory Farming

b. Market Gardening

c. Truck Farming

d. Dairy Farming

Answer: Factory Farming

Q. Which one of the following is not a difference between rural and urban settlement?

a. Economic activity

b. Services

c. Social factors

d. Entertainment

Answer: Entertainment

Q. How many types of rural settlements are broadly found in India?

a. 3 types

b. 4 types

c. 2 types

d. None of the above

Answer: 4 Types

Q. In which of the following settlements fertile alluvial plains are usually found?

a. dispersed

b. hamleted

c. clustered

d. fragmented

Answer: Clustered

Q. Which of the following settlements are usually Gujarat plain and some parts of Rajasthan?

a. dispersed

b. hamleted

c. clustered

d. fragmented

Answer: Fragmented

Q. Which of the following settlements are locally called panna, para, palli, nagla, dhani, etc. in various parts of the country?

a. dispersed

b. hamleted

c. clustered

d. fragmented

Answer:  Hamleted

Q. which one of the following settlement appear in the form of isolated huts or hamlets of few huts in remote jungle or hilly regions?

a. dispersed

b. hamleted

c. clustered

d. fragmented

Answer: Dispersed

Q. How many types of towns are there in India according to their period of evolution?

a. 1 type

b. 2 types

c. 3 types

d. 4 types

Answer: 3 Types

Q. Which of the following towns in India have historic background spanning over 200 years?

a. Ancient towns

b. Medieval towns

c. Modern house

d. None of these

Answer: Ancient Towns

Q. The fort towns such as Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Agra and Nagpur are example of which type of town?

a. ancient towns

b. Medieval towns

c. Modern house

d. None of these

Answer: Medieval towns

Q. Which one of the following is not a good example of modern towns in India?

a. Mumbai

b. Goa

c. Surat

d. Varanasi

Answer: Varanasi

Q. Cities accommodating population size between one to five million are known as ______?

a. Towns

b. Mega city

c. Urban agglomeration

d. Metropolitan cities

Answer: Metropolitan cities

Q. According to 2011, more than 60% of urban population in India lives in____?

a. Metropolitan cities

b. Mega city

c. Class I towns

d. None of the above

Answer:  Class I town

Q. What percentage of urban population lives in mega cities?

a. 21% urban population

b. 37% urban population

c. 15% urban population

d. None of the above

Answer:  21% urban population

Q. Which one of the following is not a type of town on the basis of their function?

a. Administrative towns

b. Industrial cities

c. Transport cities

d. Entertainment town

Answer: Entertainment Town

Q. Which one of the following town were emerged as military training places and bases?

a. Industrial towns

b. Transport towns

c. Garrison towns

d. None of the above

Answer: Garrison Towns

Q. Which one of the following is the largest agglomeration in India?

a. Greater Mumbai

b. Delhi

c. Kolkata

d. Chennai

Answer: Greater Mumbai

Q. Towns which have developed in mineral rich areas are known as ____?

a. Industrial towns

b. Tourist towns

c. Religious towns

d. Mining towns

Answer: Mining town

Q. In which valley were Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro towns located?

A. Ganga

B. Narmada

C. Indus

D. Brahmaputra

Answer: Indus valley

Q. How many towns are there in India?

A. 5161

B. 5598

C. 4268

D. 2611

Answer: 5161

Q. How many million towns are there in India?

a. 30

b. 46

c. 55

d. 51

Answer: 55

Q. Which one of the following is not a stream of internal migration in India?

a. Urban to Urban

b. Urban to rural

c. Town to Rural

d. Rural to Urban

Answer: Town to Rural

Q. The stream of internal migration is dominant by female migrants because of which reason?

a. Education

b. Marriage

c. Work and job

d. Business

Answer: Marriage (65%)

Q. How many migrants have migrated to India according to census 2001?

a. 5 million

b. 3 million

c. 7.8 million

d. None of the above

Answer:  5 million

Q. As far as emigration is concerned in India how many people have migrated across the globe?

a. 10 million

b. 20 million

c. 30 million

d. 40 million

Answer:  30 million

Q. Which state of India receives the highest number of in-migrants?

a. Haryana

b. Punjab

c. Goa

d. Maharashtra

Answer:  Maharashtra

Q. Which of the following state in India recorded largest number of net out-migrants?

a. Bihar

b. Uttar Pradesh

c. Maharashtra

d. Haryana

Answer: Uttar Pradesh

Q. Which one of the following is a bad example of push factor?

a. Flood

b. Political distress

c. Unemployment

d. Entertainment

Answer: Entertainment

Q. Which one of the following is the major factor for male migration in India?

a. Business

b. Marriage

c. Education

d. Employment

Answer:  Employment (38 percentage)

Q. In which of the following states male migrants after getting married?

a. Bihar

b. Sikkim

c. Kerala

d. Meghalaya

Answer: Meghalaya

Q. In 2002, how much did India receive as remittances from international migrants?

a. US$ 11 billion

b. US$ 12 billion

c. US$ 13 billion

d. None of the above

Answer: US$ 11 billion

Q. Which one of the following streams is dominated by male migrants in India?

a. Rural-urban

b. Urban-urban

c. Urban-rural

d. Rural-rural

Answer: Rural-urban

Q. Which one of the following is the reason of low number of female migrants from rural- urban stream in India?

a. Lack of equality

b. Less security

c. Male dominance

d. All of the above.

Answer: All of the above

Q. Which one of the following neighboring country have highest number of out-migration to India?

a. Bangladesh

b. Pakistan

c. Nepal

d. Sri Lanka

Answer: Bangladesh (3 million)

Q. Which of the following urban agglomeration of India has the highest share of migrant population?

a. New Delhi

b. Greater Mumbai

c. Kolkata

d. Bangalore

Answer: Greater Mumbai

Q. In which stream of migration is the number of intra-state migrants the largest in India?

a. Rural-urban

b. Urban-urban

c. Rural-rural

d. Urban-rural

Answer:  Rural-rural

Q. How many female migrants migrate out for the purpose of employment?

a. 3 percent

b. 6 percent

c. 2.5 percent

d. 4 percent

Answer: 3 percent

Q. Which one of the following is not a consequence of migration?

a. Economic consequences

b. Environmental consequences

c. Social consequences

d. Increase in sex ratio

Answer: Increase in sex ratio

Q. Who wrote these lines: “SAR ZAMIN-E-HIND PAR AQWAM-EALAM KE CARVAN BASTE GAYE, HINDOSTAN BANTA GAYA.”?

a. Josh

b. Akbar

c. Mahatma Gandhi

d. Firaque Gorakhpuri

Answer: Firaque Gorakhpuri

Q. What is the population of India according to census 2011?

a. 1,200 million

b. 1,300 million

c. 1,210 million

d. 1,310 million

Answer: 1,210 million

Q. When was the first population census conducted in India?

a. 1872

b. 1842

c. 1873

d. 1875

Answer: 1872

Q. What is the density of population of India 2011?

a. 382 person per sq km

b. 384 person per sq km

c. 382 person per sq m

d. 376 person per sq km

Answer: 382 person per sq km

Q. Which phase is referred to population explosion in India?

a. Phase I

b. Phase II

c. Phase III

d. Phase IV

Answer: Phase III (1951- 1981)

Q. What are the reasons for downfall in population growth in phase 4 in India?

a. Increase in the mean age at marriage.

b. Improved education.

c. Improved conditions of female in the country.

d. All of the above.

Answer: All of the above

Q. Which state has highest percentage of rural population in India 2011?

a. Haryana

b. Uttar Pradesh

c. Bihar

d. Himachal Pradesh

Answer: Himachal Pradesh (89.96)

Q. Which of the following state is most urbanized state of India?

a. Maharashtra

b. Punjab

c. Kerala

d. Goa

Answer: Goa

Q. Workers who work for more than 184 days (more than 6 mounts) are considered as which type of worker?

a. Main worker

b. Marginal worker

c. Non workers

d. Self employed

Answer: Main workers

Q. Which state holds the highest percentage of Hindu population in India?

a. Haryana

b. Punjab

c. Uttar Pradesh

d. Himachal Pradesh

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

Q. The national youth policy which proposes a holistic ‘vision’ for the youth of India was launched in which year?

a. January 2014

b. February 2014

c. January 2015

d. February 2015

Answer: January 2014

Q. Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?

a. Sino- Tibetan

b. Indo-Aryan

c. Austric

d. Dravidian

Answer: Indo-Aryan

Q. Which state has the highest sex ratio in India?

a. Kerala

b. Haryana

c. Punjab

d. Goa

Answer: Kerala

Q. How many Million Plus towns are there in India according to 2001?

a. 42

b. 56

c. 54

d. 24

Answer:  54

Q. What is the average sex ratio In India in 2011?

a. 919

b. 926

c. 934

d. 943

Answer: 943

Q. In how many years India’s population will be doubled?

a. 32 years

b. 34 years

c. 36 years

d. 38 years

Answer: 36 years

Q. Which of the following is most important factor for population change?

a. Death and Birth rate.

b. Migration

c. Both (A) and(B)

d. None of the above.

Answer: Both (a) and (b)

Q. The highest density of India is found in_____

a. Haryana

b. Delhi

c. Uttar Pradesh

d. Bihar

Answer: Delhi

Q. How much part of the earth is covered with water?

a. 51%

b. 61%

c. 71%

d. 81%

Answer: 71%

Q. What is the share of India in the world’s water resources?

a. 1%

b. 2%

c. 3%

d. 4%

Answer: 4%

Q. The total useful water resources of India are:

a. 1122 cubic km

b. 1222 cubic km

c. 1322 cubic km

d. 1422 cubic km

Answer: 1122 cubic km

Q. How much percent of surface water in India can be used?

a. 22%

b. 25%

c. 32%

d. 35%

Answer: 32%

Q. Which chemical has concentrated in water in Bihar?

a. Salt

b. Salinity

c. Fluoride

d. Arsenic

Answer: Arsenic

Q. How much groundwater is used in Agriculture?

a. 72%

b. 82%

c. 85%

d. 92%

Answer: 92%

Q. Which out of the following has the highest use of groundwater?

a. Punjab

b. Chhattisgarh

c. Bihar

d. Kerala

Answer: Punjab

Q. How much percent of the Net sown area is irrigated in Punjab?

a. 65%

b. 75%

c. 80%

d. 85%

Answer: 85%

Q. Which part of the river has good quality water?

a. Mountain

b. Plain

c. Delta

d. Valley

Answer: Mountain

Q. Which one of the following types describes water as a resource?

a. Abiotic resource

b. Non-renewable Resources

c. Biotic Resource

d. Cyclic Resource.

Answer: Cyclic Resource.

Q. Which one of the following rivers has the highest replenishable groundwater resource in the country?

a. The Indus

b. The Brahmaputra

c. The Ganga

d. The Godavari

Answer: The Ganga

Q. The highest proportion of the total water used in the country is in which one of the following sectors?

a. Irrigation

b. Industries

c. Domestic use

d. None of the above

Answer: Irrigation

Q. What is the population of India according to census 2011?

a. 1,200 million

b. 1,300 million

c. 1,210 million

d. 1,310 million

Answer: 1,210 million

Q. When was the first population census conducted in India?

a. 1872

b. 1842

c. 1873

d. 1875

Answer: 1872

Q. What is the density of population of India 2011?

a. 382 persons per sq km

b. 384 persons per sq km

c. 382 persons per sq m

d. 376 persons per sq km

Answer:  382 persons per sq km

Q. The annual growth rate of India’s population is _____

a. 61 percent

b. 62 percent

c. 43 percent

d. 64 percent

Answer: 64 percent

Q. Which phase is referred to population explosion in India?

a. Phase I

b. Phase II

c. Phase III

d. Phase IV

Answer: Phase III (1951- 1981)

Q. What are the reasons for downfall in population growth in phase 4 in India?

a. Increase in the mean age at marriage.

b. Improved education.

c. Improved conditions of female in the country.

d. All of the above.

Answer: All of the above

Q. The percentage of population living in villages according to 2011 is ____

a. 8%

b. 8%

c. 9%

d. 9%

Answer: 6Q. 8%

Q. Which state has highest percentage of rural population in India 2011?

a. Haryana

b. Uttar Pradesh

c. Bihar

d. Himachal Pradesh

Answer: Himachal Pradesh (89.96)

Q. Which of the following state is most urbanized state of India?

a. Maharashtra

b. Punjab

c. Kerala

d. Goa

Answer: Goa  

Q. Workers who work for more than 184 days (more than 6 mounts) are considered as which type of worker?

a. Main worker

b. Marginal worker

c. Non workers

d. Self employed

Answer: Main workers

Q. Which state holds the highest percentage of Hindu population in India?

a. Haryana

b. Punjab

c. Uttar Pradesh

d. Himachal Pradesh

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

Q. The national youth policy which proposes a holistic ‘vision’ for the youth of India was launched in which year?

a. January 2014

b. February 2014

c. January 2015

d. February 2015

Answer: January 2014

Q. Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?

a. Sino- Tibetan

b. Indo-Aryan

c. Austric

d. Dravidian

Answer: Indo-Aryan  

Q. Which state has the highest sex ratio in India?

a. Kerala

b. Haryana

c. Punjab

d. Goa

Answer: Kerala

Q. How many Million Plus towns are there in India according to 2001?

a. 42

b. 56

c. 54

d. 24

Answer: 54

Q. What is the average sex ratio In India in 2011?

a. 919

b. 926

c. 934

d. 943

Answer: 943

Q. In how many years India’s population will be doubled?

a. 32 years

b. 34 years

c. 36 years

d. 38 years

Answer: 36 years

Q. Which of the following is most important factor for population change?

a. Death and Birth rate.

b. Migration

c. Both (A) and(B)

d. None of the above.

Answer: Both (a) and (b)

Q. The highest density of India is found in_____

a. Haryana

b. Delhi

c. Uttar Pradesh

d. Bihar

Answer: Delhi

Q. Why dichotomy between physical and human geography is not valid?

a. Because of lack of evidences.

b. Because human and nature are inseparable.

c. Because of different ideologies.

d. None of the above.

Answer: Because human and nature are inseparable.

Q. Which one of the following is not a suitable example of ‘organism’?

a. Mouth of the river

b. Nose of volcano

c. Profile of soil

d. Snout(nose) of glacier.

Answer: Nose of volcano

Q. Who defined geography as “the synthetic study of relationship between human societies and earth’s surface”?

a. Ratzel

b. Ellen C. Semple

c. Paul Vidal de la Blache

d. None of the above

Answer: Ratzel

Q. The interaction between primitive human society and strong forces of nature was termed as ___________?

a. Possibilism

b. Environmental determinism

c. Nondeterminism

d. None of the above

Answer: Environmental determinism

Q. Tribes of Abujh Maad areas of central India is the best example of_________?

a. Possibility

b. Naturalization of humans.

c. Nondeterminism

d. None of the above

Answer: Naturalization of humans

Q. Use of heaters in winters and air conditioners in summer is a suitable example of________?

a. Humanization of nature

b. Naturalization of human

c. Nondeterminism

d. None of the above.

Answer: Humanization of nature.

Q. Which one of the following is the most crucial factor which help human beings to interact with their physical environment?

a. Animals

b. Natural phenomena

c. Technology

d. All of the above.

Answer: Technology

Q. Who gave the concept of middle path(Madhya Marg) between the two ideas of environmental determinism and possibility?

a. Griffith Taylor

b. Ratzel

c. Ellen C. Semple

d. Paul Vidal de la Blache

Answer: Griffith Taylor

Q. Early colonial period emphasized on_______?

a. Discovery and exploration of new areas.

b. Idea that regions were part of whole.

c. Socio political.

d. None of the above.

Answer: Discovery and exploration of new areas.

Q. Post modernism approach in geography came in which period?

a. 1970s

b. 1950s

c. 1930s

d. 1990s

Answer: 1990s