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Human Resource · CBSE STD 8 (CBSE - English Medium). 53 questions.

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MCQ 11 Mark
Which of these countries is notable for the number of people who emigrate outside from there?
  • ✓
    Sudan.
  • B
    Australia.
  • C
    New Zealand.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Sudan.
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MCQ 21 Mark
$..........$ is a country whose population growth declined because of low birth and death rates.
  • A
    Indonesia.
  • ✓
    United Kingdom.
  • C
    South Africa.
  • D
    Russia.
Answer
Correct option: B.
United Kingdom.
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MCQ 31 Mark
$............$ is the world’s most populated country.
  • A
    Japan.
  • B
    Brazil.
  • ✓
    China.
  • D
    India.
Answer
Correct option: C.
China.
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MCQ 41 Mark
The number of deaths per $1,000$ people refer to:
  • A
    Migration.
  • B
    Birth Rate.
  • ✓
    Death rate.
  • D
    Population change.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Death rate.
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MCQ 51 Mark
Land covers only about $............$ percent of the total area of the earth’s surface.
  • A
    $20$
  • B
    $25$
  • ✓
    $30$
  • D
    $35$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$30$
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MCQ 61 Mark
Which country has high population growth rate?
  • A
    Pakistan.
  • ✓
    Kenya.
  • C
    India.
  • D
    China.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Kenya.
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MCQ 71 Mark
When a person leaves a country it is known as:
  • A
    Immigration.
  • ✓
    Integration.
  • C
    Emigrant.
  • D
    Emigration.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Integration.
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MCQ 81 Mark
Life expectancy refer to:
  • A
    The number of working people in the country.
  • B
    The number of literate people in the country.
  • ✓
    The number of years that an average person can expect to live.
  • D
    The number of illiterate and uneducated people in the country.
Answer
Correct option: C.
The number of years that an average person can expect to live.
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MCQ 91 Mark
Using resources carefully, judicially $\&$ giving them time to get renewed is called $...........$
  • A
    Resource Development.
  • B
    Sustainable Conservation.
  • C
    Sustainable Development.
  • ✓
    Resource Conservation.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Resource Conservation.
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MCQ 101 Mark
Which of these characteristics of a population pyramid indicates the lowest levels of literacy and development?
  • ✓
    Broad base, narrow top.
  • B
    Broad base, steady slope.
  • C
    Narrow base, narrow top.
  • D
    Broad base, broad top.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Broad base, narrow top.
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MCQ 111 Mark
$...........$ is the most populated continent.
  • A
    Africa.
  • ✓
    Asia.
  • C
    South America.
  • D
    Australia
Answer
Correct option: B.
Asia.
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MCQ 121 Mark
Population increases when the $...........$ is higher.
  • A
    Emigration.
  • B
    Death Rate.
  • ✓
    Birth rate.
  • D
    Water availability.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Birth rate.
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MCQ 131 Mark
A population pyramid:
  • A
    Shows the difference between the birth rate and death rate.
  • B
    Shows the percent of males and females in a country with there are groups.
  • C
    The number of years that an average person can expect to live.
  • ✓
    Shows the structure of population with respect to their age.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Shows the structure of population with respect to their age.
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MCQ 141 Mark
In which country is the city of Osaka located?
  • A
    $\text{UK.}$
  • B
    South Korea.
  • ✓
    Japan.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Japan.
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MCQ 151 Mark
Which of the following is not the region where very few people live?
  • A
    High altitudes areas.
  • ✓
    Plainscorrect.
  • C
    High mountains.
  • D
    Equatorial forest area.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Plainscorrect.
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MCQ 161 Mark
Average Density of Indian population is $...........$ persons per $\text{sq. km.}$
  • A
    $319.$
  • B
    $329.$
  • ✓
    $382.$
  • D
    $385.$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$382.$
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MCQ 171 Mark
$...........$ is the most populous country of Europe.
  • A
    Belgium.
  • B
    Denmark.
  • C
    Sweden.
  • ✓
    Russia.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Russia.
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MCQ 181 Mark
$..........$ is Africa’s most populous country.
  • A
    Zambia.
  • B
    South Africa.
  • ✓
    Nigeria.
  • D
    Egypt.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Nigeria.
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MCQ 191 Mark
Which one from the following refers to Census?
  • A
    The process of counting the number of states in a country.
  • ✓
    The process of taking a count of total number of people in a country.
  • C
    The process of counting the land area in a country.
  • D
    The process of counting the mountains and hilly terrains in a country.
Answer
Correct option: B.
The process of taking a count of total number of people in a country.
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MCQ 201 Mark
What is the average population density of the world? $($in persons per $\text{sq km})$
  • A
    $300$
  • B
    $100$
  • ✓
    $45$
  • D
    $10$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$45$
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MCQ 211 Mark
The highest density of the population in the world is in:
  • A
    Europe.
  • B
    South America.
  • ✓
    South central Asiacorrect.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: C.
South central Asiacorrect.
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MCQ 221 Mark
Which of these countries has a population below $100$ million?
  • A
    Japan.
  • ✓
    Peru.
  • C
    $\text{USA.}$
  • D
    India.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Peru.
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MCQ 231 Mark
Which of the following countries has slow growth rate of population?
  • A
    India.
  • B
    Pakistan.
  • ✓
    United Kingdomcorrect.
  • D
    Brazil.
Answer
Correct option: C.
United Kingdomcorrect.
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MCQ 241 Mark
Which are three main factors that cause population change?
  • A
    Births, deaths and marriage.
  • ✓
    Births, deaths and migration.
  • C
    Births, deaths and life expectancy.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Births, deaths and migration.
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MCQ 251 Mark
The population of $.............$ has gone up due to immigration.
  • A
    Russia.
  • ✓
    Australia.
  • C
    Japan.
  • D
    Belgium.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Australia.
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MCQ 261 Mark
A few factors on which the productivity of a nation's human resources depends are given below. Pick out the one that is not a factor.
  • A
    Health.
  • ✓
    Census.
  • C
    Literacy.
  • D
    Possession of technical skills.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Census.
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MCQ 271 Mark
Which does the term population distribution refer to?
  • A
    How population in a specified area changes over time.
  • B
    The number of people who die in relation to the number of people born in a specified area.
  • ✓
    The way in which people are spread across a given area.
  • D
    None  of these
Answer
Correct option: C.
The way in which people are spread across a given area.
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MCQ 291 Mark
According to population, what is India’s rank in the world?
  • A
    $7^{th}$
  • ✓
    $2^{nd}$
  • C
    $5^{th}$
  • D
    $1^{st}$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$2^{nd}$
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MCQ 301 Mark
Chang Jiang plains in $..........$ is one of the most densely populated regions across the globe.
  • A
    Taiwan.
  • ✓
    China.
  • C
    Japan.
  • D
    Vietnam.
Answer
Correct option: B.
China.
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MCQ 311 Mark
The movement of people in and out of an area is referred to as:
  • A
    Death rate.
  • ✓
    Migration.
  • C
    Population density.
  • D
    Birth Rate.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Migration.
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MCQ 321 Mark
More than $90\%$ of World’s population lives in about of land surface?
  • A
    $20\%$
  • ✓
    $30\%$
  • C
    $50\%$
  • D
    $35\%$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$30\%$
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MCQ 331 Mark
On what criterions do the human resources all over the world differ?
  • A
    Basis of sex.
  • B
    Basis of age.
  • C
    Basis of education.
  • ✓
    All of the above.
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of the above.
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MCQ 341 Mark
$.............$ is a country whose population growth declined because of emigration.
  • A
    Pakistan.
  • ✓
    Sudan.
  • C
    Zimbabwe.
  • D
    Swaziland.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Sudan.
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MCQ 351 Mark
$............$ has reported an annual rate of natural increase of population at $3\%$ per annum.
  • A
    Mexico.
  • ✓
    Saudi Arabia.
  • C
    Israel.
  • D
    $\text{US}$.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Saudi Arabia.
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MCQ 361 Mark
The least number of people live in this continent:
  • A
    North America.
  • B
    Europe.
  • C
    Oceania.
  • ✓
    Antarctica.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Antarctica.
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MCQ 371 Mark
$...........$ are people leaving a particular country.
  • A
    Refugees.
  • B
    Immigrants.
  • ✓
    Emigrants.
  • D
    Foreigners.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Emigrants.
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MCQ 381 Mark
$...........$  per cent of the global population resides in $10$ countries.
  • A
    $75$
  • ✓
    $60$
  • C
    $65$
  • D
    $80$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$60$
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MCQ 391 Mark
$..........$ is widely populated due to its cultural significance.
  • A
    New York.
  • ✓
    Jerusalem.
  • C
    London.
  • D
    Shanghai.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Jerusalem.
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MCQ 401 Mark
$...........$ is the most populous city in India.
  • A
    Delhi.
  • B
    Chennai.
  • ✓
    Mumbai.
  • D
    Indore.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Mumbai.
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MCQ 411 Mark
$..........$ regions are less populated due to the unavailability of water.
  • A
    Mountain.
  • B
    Valleys.
  • C
    Deserts.
  • ✓
    Forests.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Forests.
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MCQ 421 Mark
Average Density population of the world is $..........$ persons per $\text{sq km.}$
  • ✓
    $51$
  • B
    $55$
  • C
    $56$
  • D
    $50$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$51$
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MCQ 431 Mark
Union Human Resource Development Ministry was created in:
  • A
    $1987.$
  • ✓
    $1985.$
  • C
    $1990.$
  • D
    $1986.$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$1985.$
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MCQ 441 Mark
Which is densely populated area?
  • ✓
    Ganga plain.
  • B
    Andes.
  • C
    Alps.
  • D
    Himalayan.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Ganga plain.
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MCQ 451 Mark
$...........$ is a country whose population grew due to high birth rates.
  • A
    Serbia.
  • B
    Russia.
  • ✓
    Kenya.
  • D
    $\text{UK.}$
Answer
Correct option: C.
Kenya.
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MCQ 461 Mark
How have $\text{USA}$ and Australia gained in respect of population growth?
  • ✓
    By immigration correct.
  • B
    By tourism.
  • C
    By both $(a)$ and $(b).$
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: A.
By immigration correct.
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MCQ 471 Mark
If the birth rate is high and the death rate is low in a country then the population pyramid will.
  • A
    Narrow at the base.
  • B
    Not narrow at the base.
  • ✓
    Not narrow rapidly towards the top.
  • D
    Narrow rapidly towards the top.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Not narrow rapidly towards the top.
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MCQ 481 Mark
When was Human Resource Development Ministry formed in India at central level of Government?
  • A
    In $1990$
  • ✓
    In $1985$ correct
  • C
    In $2004$
  • D
    In $2009$
Answer
Correct option: B.
In $1985$ correct
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MCQ 491 Mark
Human resources differ from one another in respect of:
  • A
    Educational level.
  • B
    Age.
  • C
    Sex.
  • ✓
    All of these.
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of these.
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MCQ 501 Mark
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana was started in:
  • A
    $2012.$
  • B
    $2016.$
  • ✓
    $2015.$
  • D
    $2010.$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$2015.$
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