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Consider the following countries: 1. Italy 2. Japan 3. Nigeria 4. South Korea 5. South Africa Which of the above countries are frequently mentioned in the media for their low birth rates, or ageing population or declining population?
- Italy: Italy has an aging population due to declining birth rates. The population continued to decline, with Italy recording over 12 deaths for every seven births. According to Italy's national statistics bureau, births in the country hit a new record low, falling below 400,000 in 2022.
- Japan: Japan is also known for its low birth rates and aging population. In 2023, the number of births dropped by 5.1% from previous year, and marriages decreased by 5.9%. First time in 90 years, in Japan, marriages fell below 500,000. This signals a further population decline, as births outside marriage are uncommon in Japan.
- South Korea: South Korea's fertility rate, already the lowest globally, saw a further decline in 2023. Women, concerned about career progression and the financial burden of raising children, increasingly chose to delay or forgo having children. Statistics Korea reported that the average number of expected babies per woman during her reproductive years dropped to a record low of 0.72, down from 0.78 in 2022.
- Nigeria: Nigeria is experiencing a population explosion, from over 186 million in 2016 to an estimated 392 million by 2050, making it the fourth most populous country in the world.
- South Africa: South Africa's population is projected to grow from 59 million in 2020 to 66 million in 2030, eventually reaching 80 million by 2080.
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With reference to the role of UN-Habitat in the United Nations programme working towards a better urban future, which of the statements is/are correct? 1. UN-Habitat has been mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities to provide adequate shelter for all. 2. Its partners are either governments or local urban authorities only. 3. UN-Habitat contributes to the overall objective of the United Nations system to reduce poverty and to promote access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Consider the following pairs: Community — Country 1. Kurd : Bangladesh 2. Madhesi : Nepal 3. Rohingya : Myanmar Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
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Every year, a monthlong ecologically important campaign/festival is held during which certain communities/tribes plant saplings of fruit-bearing trees. Which of the following are such communities/tribes?
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With reference to ‘Changpa’ community of India, consider the following statements: 1. They live mainly in the State of Uttarakhand. 2. They rear the Pashmina goats that yield a fine wool. 3. They are kept in the category of Scheduled Tribes. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Consider the following pairs: Tribe – State 1. Limboo (Limbu) : Sikkim 2. Karbi : Himachal Pradesh 3. Dongaria Kondh : Odisha 4. Bonda : Tamil Nadu. Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?
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India is regarded as a country with “Demographic Dividend”. This is due to
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As per the UN-Habitat's Global Report on Human Settlements 2009, which one among the following regions has shown the fastest growth rate of urbanization in the last three decades?
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Which one among the following South Asian countries has the largest population density?
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Consider the following statements: 1. Infant mortality rate takes into account the death of infants within a month after birth. 2. Infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths in a particular year per 100 live births during that year. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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In which one of the following places is the Shompen tribe found?
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As per India’s National Population Policy, 2000, by which one of the following years is it our long-term objective to achieve population stabilization?
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For India, China, the UK and the USA, which one of the following is the correct answer sequence of the median age of their populations?
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What is the approximate percentage of persons above 65 years of age in India’s current population?
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Which two countries follow China and India in the decreasing order of their populations?
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Amongst the following States, which one has the highest percentage of rural population to its total population (on the basis of the Census, 2001)?
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Which of the following are among the million-plus cities in India on the basis of data of the Census, 2001? 1. Ludhiana 2. Kochi 3. Surat 4. Nagpur Select the correct answer using the code given below: Codes:
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Among the following, which one has the minimum population on the basis of data of Census of India, 2001?
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Which one among the following States of India has the lowest density of population?
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Consider the following statements: 1. According to the Census 2001, Kerala has the smallest gap in male and female literacy rates among the 28 states of India (Delhi and Pondicherry not included). 2. According to the Census 2001, Rajasthan has literacy rate above the national average literacy rate. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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According to the Census-2001, which one of the following Indian States has the maximum population in India after Uttar Pradesh?
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In which one of the following countries, is Tamil a major language?
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Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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Consider the following statements: 1. India is the second country in the world to adopt a National Family Planning Programme. 2. The National Population Policy of India 2000 seeks to achieve replacement level of fertility by 2010 with a population of 111 crores. 3. Kerala is the first State in India to achieve replacement level of fertility. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- India was the first country in the world to have launched a National Programme for Family Planning in 1952.
- Replacement level fertility is the level of fertility at which a population exactly replaces itself from one generation to the next. In developed countries, replacement level fertility is average of 2.1 children per woman.
- All of India’s states except six achieved a replacement level fertility close to or at par with the national average.
o Exceptions to this are Bihar (3.2), Uttar Pradesh (2.9), Madhya Pradesh (2.7), Rajasthan (2.5), Jharkhand (2.5) and Chhattisgarh (2.4)
- Kerala is the first State in India to achieve replacement level of fertility.
- The National Population Policy of India 2000 seeks to achieve replacement level of fertility by 2010 with a population of 111 crores.
- Currently, the target is to bring down the national average to 2.1 by 2025 as per Parivar Vikas Mission.
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Which one of the following is the correct statement on the basis of Census-2001?
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Consider the following statements: 1. Area wise, Chhattisgarh is larger than West Bengal. 2. According to the Population 2001 Census, population of West Bengal is larger than that of Chhattisgarh. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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In which one of the following Union Territories, do the people of the Onge tribe live?
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Consider the following statements: As per 2001 Census 1. The two States with the lowest sex ratio are Haryana and Punjab. 2. The two States with the lowest population per sq km of area are Meghalaya and Mizoram. 3. Kerala has both the highest literacy rate and sex ratio. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Consider the following international languages: 1. Arabic 2. French 3. Spanish The correct sequence of the languages given above in the decreasing order of the number of their speakers is
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Which among the following countries has the largest population?
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India’s population growth during the 20th century can be classified into four distinct phases. Match List-I (Period) with List-II (Phase) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list: List-I (Period) A. 1901–1921 B. 1921–1951 C. 1951–1981 D. 1981–2001 List-II (Phase) 1. Steady growth 2. Rapid high growth 3. Stagnant growth 4. High growth with definite signs of slowdown Codes: A B C D
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Which one among the following States has the highest female literacy rate as per the Census 2001?
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Which one among the following languages has largest number of speakers in the world?
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Which amongst the following States has the highest population density as per Census-2001?
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Berber speaking community, frequently in the news, lives in
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Consider the following countries: 1. Brazil 2. Indonesia 3. Japan 4. Russia What is the descending order of the size of the following countries population-wise?
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Consider the following countries of South-Asia: 1. Bangladesh 2. India 3. Pakistan 4. Sri Lanka The descending order of literacy status of these countries
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Match List-I (Ethnic Community) with List-II (Country) and select the correct answer: List-I A. Apatani B. Dayak C. Dinka D. Uighur List-II 1. China 2. India 3. Indonesia 4. Sudan Codes: A??B??C??D
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The high density of population in Nile Valley and Island of Java is primarily due to
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Consider the decadal Census data given below: Decadal population (in millions) Year Population 1961 10.7 1971 14.3 1981 16.2 1991 18.9 The above data refer to which one of the population by religion groups?
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The largest number of Buddhists is found in
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Ganga Plain is in the most densely populated part of India. R: Ganga is the most harnessed river of India.
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Consider the following statements about the megacities of India: 1. Population of each megacity is more than 5 million. 2. All the megacities are important sea-ports. 3. Megacities are either national or state capitals. Which of these statements are correct?
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Which one of the following statements is true according to 1991 census data?
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Which one of the following pairs of primitive tribes and places of their inhabitation is NOT correctly matched?
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The best performance with regard to human development among the countries is
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A person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin America is called a
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The language spoken by the largest number of people in the world is
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The population growth rate in Kerala is the lowest among major Indian states. Which one of the following is the most widely accepted reason for this?
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Among which of the following sets of social/religious groups is the extent of poverty highest as per Government statistics for the 90s.
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As per 1991 Census, which one of the following groups of Union Territories had the highest literacy rate?
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Which one of the following pairs of states and tribes is not correctly matched?
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1. The tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar Islands belongs to the:
- The tribal population of Andaman and Nicobar belong to Negroid race. A small population of Shompen and Nicobars are Mongoloid descent.
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The predominant languages spoken in the areas marked A, B, C and D are respectively:
- According to the given map the area marked 'A' is Mathura area of Uttar Pradesh, where Brajbhasha is spoken.
- 'B' is marked by Faizabad of U.P., and the language spoken is Awadhi'.
- 'C' area is 'Arah' area of Bihar where 'Bhojpuri' is spoken.
- 'D' refers to north Bihar where `Maithili' is predominantly spoken.
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1. The density of cattle population per 100 hectares of gross cropped area is the highest in
- The density of cattle population per 100 hectares of gross cropped area is the highest in Haryana.
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- Southeast Asia, home of 650 million people and one of the world's fastest growing region, faced several headwinds to growth in 2018, Including escalating U.S China trade tensions and weakening local currencies.
- South-East Asia experiences the highest annual growth rate of population.
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Which arrangement of the following show the correct sequence of demographic transition as typically associated with economic development?
1. I. High birth rate with high death
2. II. Low birth rate with low death
3. III. High birth rate with low death
Choose the answer from the codes given below:
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There are four stages to the classical demographic transition model:
- Stage 1: Pre-transition
o It is characterized by high birth rates, and high fluctuating death rates. Population growth was kept low by Malthusian "preventative" (late age at marriage) and "positive" (famine, war, pestilence) checks.
- Stage 2: Early transition
o During the early stages of the transition, the death rate begins to fall. As birth rates remain high, the population starts to grow rapidly.
- Stage 3: Late transition
o Birth rates start to decline. The rate of population growth decelerates.
- Stage 4: Post-transition
o Post-transitional societies are characterized by low birth and low death rates. Population growth is negligible, or even enters a decline.
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- The correct descending order is Mumbai (18,414,288), Delhi (16,314,838), Kolkata (14,112,536) and Chennai (8,696,010).
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In Mizoram, the settlement pattern is mostly of 'linear type' along the ridges, because
- A valley is an elongated depression in the landscape that is formed by the action of water (V-shaped) or carved out by glaciers (U-shaped). Valley bottoms are represented by "U" or "V" shaped contour lines with their closed end pointing towards higher elevation.
- A ridge is a landform feature characterized by a continuous elevational crest with sloping sides. Arête is a narrow ridge formed by glacial erosion. A spur is a lateral ridge projecting from the mountain or the main ridge crest.
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The New Population Bomb refers to
- The New Population Bomb refers to large scale distress migration in the Third World. Distress migration is a multifaceted response to an array of issues associated with natural and environmental disasters, economic deprivation, or forms of gender and social oppression that are perceived to be intolerable.
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When the Couple Protection Rate is going up
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- Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Armenia. Over 80000 Kurds lived in Armenia in the Soviet times, now they make a number of about 40000.
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The original inhabitants of India are believed to be of the ethnic type known as
- The oldest inhabitants of India are considered to be Negritoes. Perhaps they were the first of the racial groups that came to India. They got settled in the hilly areas of Kerala and the Andaman Islands.
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- India occupies 2.4% of the world's land area with its 3.28 million square kilometre area. However, it holds 17.5% of the world's population.
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Of the total population of India, Christians comprise about \n .
- Christianity is India's third-largest religion with about 27.8 million adherents, making up 2.3 percent of the population as of the 2011 census.
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- Population density refers to a measurement of the number of people living in an area. Population density is calculated by dividing the people according to the area and this represents the number of people living per square kilometer.
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The size of the Muslim community in India is
- Islam is India's second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country's population, approximately 172.2 million people identifying as adherents of Islam in 2011 Census. India is also the country with the third-largest number of Muslims in the world.
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The primitive tribes of Andaman are descendants of
- The culture of the indigenous people of the islands of Andaman and Nicobar is the most distinguishing aspect of these islands. Andaman and Nicobar islanders can be divided into two major groups. The inhabitants of the Andamans are of Negroid origin and migrated from Africa thousands of years ago, way back in the later Paleolithic age.
- The Andaman Islands are home to four 'Negrito' tribes known as – the Great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa, and Sentinelese. The Nicobar Islands are home to two 'Mongoloid' tribes – the Shompen and Nicobarese. The 'Negrito' tribes are believed to have arrived in the islands from Africa up to 60,000 years ago.
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By sex ratio, we mean
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‘Khasi’ and ‘Garo’ tribes mainly live in
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‘Lushai’ is the name given to tribal population living in
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Physiological population density is the ratio of
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Which of the following States has the largest population of Scheduled Tribes?
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- “Todas” is a Dravidian ethnic group of people who live in the Nilgiri hills of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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What is the correct sequence of the following densely populated States?
I. Uttar Pradesh
II. Kerala
III. Bihar
IV. West Bengal
- Note: Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh is the correct sequence of densely populated states.
- The options need to be changed.
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- Bihar has the highest density of population among the Indian states. After Bihar, West Bengal has the highest density.
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1. The only State in India that shows excess of females over males is
- Only Kerala and Pondicherry have sex ratio in favor of females for all the areas, Manipur has preponderance of females in urban areas (1009).
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The maximum percentage of the tribal population in India constitutes.
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- Although all the above reasons played an important role but movement of people from rural to urban areas is the most important one.