Question 11 Mark
What does the picture tell us?
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View full question & answer→A crowded street in Mumbai, India’s most populous city.
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What does the picture tell us?
Question 21 Mark
Map work: On an outline map of the world mark the top five populous countries of the world.
Question 31 Mark
What is the most effective way to show the age and sex structure of a population?
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View full question & answer→Population pyramid or Age$-$sex Pyramid.
Question 41 Mark
Name one scheme launched by the government of India that works towards generating awareness and improving the efficiency of welfare services meant for women in the country.
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View full question & answer→Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao $($Save girl child, educate girl child$)$.
Question 51 Mark
What leads to unfavourable sex ratio at some places?
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View full question & answer→Gender discrimination is the major cause of unfavourable sex ratio which gives women a lower status in society.
Question 61 Mark
What is the working population of India?
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View full question & answer→$62.5$ per cent of the population of India is working population. $29.5 \%$ is in the age group of $0-14$ years while $8 \%$ is above $60$ years of age.
Question 71 Mark
What is the significance of demographic structure?
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View full question & answer→ The characteristics of population composition are measurable and help in distinguishing one group from another.
Question 81 Mark
Define the following : Population pyramid
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View full question & answer→It is specially designed diagram that shows the age and sex composition of a population. It is also called as age$-$sex pyramid.
Question 91 Mark
Define the following: Family planning
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View full question & answer→It is the process of controlling the number of children that a person has and the intervals between their births.
Question 101 Mark
Define the following: Life expectancy
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View full question & answer→It is the number of years that a person is likely to live. It is calculated as the average life span of a population.
Question 111 Mark
What do the urban population consist of?
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View full question & answer→The urban population consists of the people living in towns and cities.
Question 121 Mark
What do the rural population consist of?
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View full question & answer→The rural population consists of the people residing in villages.
Question 131 Mark
Define population density.
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View full question & answer→Population density refers to the number of people living in a unit area of space, such as a square kilometre.
Question 141 Mark
Define the term ‘population’.
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View full question & answer→The term ‘population’ refers to all the people who live in a particular area, city or country.