Population quiz

According to the 2011 Census, India's population was about:

The most populous state of India in 2011 was:

India's population density in 2011 was:

The state with the lowest population density in 2011 was:

The state with the highest sex ratio is:

The National Population Policy was adopted in:

The census in India is held every:

Which age group is considered the working population?

Adolescents are people in the age group:

Family planning was started in India in:

Why is the study of population important? (2 marks)

Why is the northern plain densely populated? (2 marks)

Why do people migrate from rural to urban areas? (2 marks)

What is the difference between absolute increase and annual rate of growth? (2 marks)

Why has the death rate in India fallen faster than the birth rate? (2 marks)

What is occupational structure? Name its three sectors. (2 marks)

Why is a low sex ratio a cause for concern? (2 marks)

Give two reasons for the low literacy rate among women. (2 marks)

What are the main needs of adolescents? (2 marks)

State two aims of the National Population Policy 2000. (2 marks)

India's population was 361 million in 1951 and 1,210.6 million in 2011. Find the absolute increase. How many times larger was the population in 2011, correct to one decimal place? (3 marks)

A state has an area of 2,40,000 sq km and a population of 20 crore. Find its density, correct to the nearest whole number. (3 marks)

In a city of 10 lakh people, 3 lakh are children below 15 and 80,000 are aged 60 and above. Find the working-age population and the percentage of dependents, correct to one decimal place. (3 marks)

In 2011, the literacy rate was 82.1% for males and 65.5% for females. Find the gap in percentage points. If a village has 1,000 males and 950 females aged 7 and above, estimate the number of literate males and females, correct to the nearest whole number. (3 marks)

A town of 2,00,000 people has a birth rate of 20, a death rate of 7, 3,000 immigrants and 1,000 emigrants in a year. Find its population at the end of the year. (3 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. India's population as on March 2011 stood at 1,210.6 million, which account for 17.5 per cent of the world's population. These 1.21 billion people are unevenly distributed over our country's vast area of 3.28 million square km. (i) What share of the world's area does India have? (ii) Name the most populous state. (iii) Why is population unevenly distributed? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. The rate of population growth has been declining since 1981. This is because birth rates have declined rapidly. Still, the annual increase of population is very large, adding a huge number every year. (i) Why is the absolute increase still large? (ii) What does a declining growth rate show? (iii) How can the birth rate be reduced further? (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. The sex ratio is defined as the number of females per 1,000 males in the population. In India it was 940 in 2011. Kerala has a sex ratio of 1,084, while some states have a very low ratio. (i) Why is Kerala's sex ratio high? (ii) What causes a low sex ratio? (iii) Suggest two ways to improve it. (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. Literacy is a very important quality of a population. According to the Census of 2011, the literacy rate in the country is 74.04 per cent: 82.14 per cent for males and 65.46 per cent for females. (i) Find the gap between male and female literacy. (ii) Why is literacy important? (iii) Suggest ways to improve female literacy. (5 marks)

Read the passage and answer the questions. The most significant feature of the Indian population is the size of its adolescent population. It constitutes one-fifth of the total population of India. Adolescents are generally grouped in the age group of 10 to 19 years. (i) Why are adolescents important for the future? (ii) What are their nutritional needs? (iii) How does the government help adolescents? (5 marks)

Draw a bar graph showing population growth from 1951 to 2011. Explain the trends and the reasons behind them. (6 marks)

On an outline map of India, show areas of high, moderate and low population density. Explain the factors for each. (6 marks)

Draw a flowchart showing the three processes of population change. Explain how each affects the size and composition of population. (6 marks)

Draw a pie chart of India's occupational structure with primary at 49%, secondary at 24% and tertiary at 27%. Explain how this structure changes with development. (6 marks)

Draw a chart showing the main aims of the National Population Policy 2000. Explain how improving health and education can help control population growth. (6 marks)