MCQ Chapter 1 Geography Class 12 Maharashtra Board Population : Part – 1 1. The study of the qualitative and quantitative composition of population is called:DemographySociologyPolitical GeographyHistoryQuestion 1 of 202. Which component does NOT directly affect population change?BirthsDeathsMigrationEducationQuestion 2 of 203. What happens when birth rates are higher than death rates?Population declinesPopulation growsPopulation remains stablePopulation freezesQuestion 3 of 204. Crude Birth Rate is measured per:100 persons1000 persons10000 persons100000 personsQuestion 4 of 205. If deaths are more than births, the population:Stays the sameDeclinesGrows rapidlyExplodesQuestion 5 of 206. Population change is an indicator of:Political stabilityTechnological advancementEconomic developmentClimatic conditionsQuestion 6 of 207. Which factor is most important for human settlement?Availability of electricityFreshwater availabilityInternet facilitiesGovernment policiesQuestion 7 of 208. Which region is sparsely populated despite being a river valley?AmazonNileGangaMississippiQuestion 8 of 209. Which activity increases population density in mining areas?FarmingFishingExtraction of mineralsTransportQuestion 9 of 2010. Fertile volcanic soils are found in:DesertsCoastal plainsSlopes and foothills of volcanoesHighlandsQuestion 10 of 2011. What is responsible for population explosion during stage 2 of demographic transition?Decrease in death rateIncrease in death rateStable birth rateLow birth rateQuestion 11 of 2012. Which country is in stage 2 of the demographic transition?SwedenUSABangladeshFinlandQuestion 12 of 2013. In which stage of demographic transition does population growth slow down?Stage 1Stage 2Stage 3Stage 5Question 13 of 2014. In which stage of demographic transition is there population decline?Stage 2Stage 3Stage 4Stage 5Question 14 of 2015. What kind of occupations dominate in stage 4?PrimarySecondaryTertiaryNoneQuestion 15 of 2016. What happens to birth and death rates in stage 1 of demographic transition?Both are lowBoth are highBirth is high, death is lowBirth is low, death is highQuestion 16 of 2017. In demographic transition theory, which stage represents "population explosion"?Stage 1Stage 2Stage 3Stage 4Question 17 of 2018. The green area in demographic transition graph represents:Death rateBirth rateNatural increasePopulation declineQuestion 18 of 2019. A high death rate indicates:Good healthcareUnderdeveloped sanitationHigh technologyGood economyQuestion 19 of 2020. Which region shows dense population due to fertile volcanic soils?AntarcticaJavaSaharaGreenlandQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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