MCQ Chapter 1 Geography Class 12 Maharashtra Board Population : Part – 1 1. What is the main cause of dense population in coastal regions?Poor transportEasy accessibility and tradeForestsMountainsQuestion 1 of 202. Which factor influences sparse population in polar regions?Fertile soilHarsh climateRich mineral resourcesUrbanisationQuestion 2 of 203. Fertile floodplains usually have:Sparse populationDense populationNo populationOnly touristsQuestion 3 of 204. What is the effect of heavy rainfall regions on population?Dense populationSparse populationUrban concentrationMining activityQuestion 4 of 205. Availability of potable water leads to:Decrease in populationIncrease in desert populationDense human settlementsMigration to polar areasQuestion 5 of 206. Areas with good mineral deposits are often:Sparsely populatedDensely populatedUninhabitedOnly visited for tourismQuestion 6 of 207. Migration is considered a component of:Natural disastersPopulation changeAgricultural activitiesPolitical movementsQuestion 7 of 208. Which continent supports the largest share of the world's population?AfricaAsiaEuropeSouth AmericaQuestion 8 of 209. The government encouraged settlement in Siberia through:Migration bansSpecial incentivesHeavy taxesDecreasing wagesQuestion 9 of 2010. Urbanisation generally leads to:Decline in educationDecrease in job opportunitiesGrowth of services and industriesIncrease in agricultureQuestion 10 of 2011. Which of the following is an example of low-density population due to forest cover?Congo basinGanga plainsTokyoNile valleyQuestion 11 of 2012. Which stage of demographic transition has high birth and high death rates?Stage 2Stage 3Stage 1Stage 4Question 12 of 2013. What happens during stage 5 of demographic transition?Rapid population growthRapid death rate increasePopulation declineHigh birth rateQuestion 13 of 2014. An example of a country in the declining stage (stage 5) is:USASwedenIndiaCongoQuestion 14 of 2015. Which type of regions are preferred for human settlement?High mountainous regionsDesertsFlat plainsFrozen landsQuestion 15 of 2016. The dependency ratio in a population depends on:Land areaNumber of children and elderlyNumber of citiesNumber of riversQuestion 16 of 2017. Decrease in death rate without decrease in birth rate results in:Stable populationRapid population growthPopulation declineUrbanisationQuestion 17 of 2018. Physical factor NOT influencing population distribution is:Soil fertilityReliefClimateGovernment policyQuestion 18 of 2019. Population explosion mainly occurred during which stage?Stage 1Stage 2Stage 4Stage 5Question 19 of 2020. If a country's crude birth rate is 7 and crude death rate is 8, it is in:High stationary stageEarly expanding stageDeclining stageLate expanding stageQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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