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What do you understand by population composition?

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People of any country are diverse in many respects. Each person is unique in his own way. People can be distinguished by their age, sex and their place of residence. The entire gamut of people residing in a particular place along with their growth, distribution and variety may be termed as its population composition.

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अध्याय 3: Population Composition - Exercises [पृष्ठ २१]

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एनसीईआरटी Fundamentals of Human Geography [English] Class 12
अध्याय 3 Population Composition
Exercises | Q 2 (i) | पृष्ठ २१

संबंधित प्रश्न

Write a short note on:

Occupational structure of a population.


Write a short note on literacy rate. 


Give a geographical reason:

In developed countries, the percentage of the population engaged in agriculture is low.


Answer in detail :

Outline the importance of population pyramids in the study of populations.


Answer in detail:

Explain the rural and urban population structure.


Complete the chain

Sr. No. A B C
1. Expansive age pyramid Low birth-death rate High medical expenses
2. Constrictive age pyramid Human capital Unwillingness
3. Stationery age pyramid Low number of old people Demographic dividend
4. High working population Problem of subsistence Developed country
5. Migration due to drought High number of old people Economically backward

Identify the incorrect factor

Type of age-sex pyramid:


Identify the incorrect factor

Regions having literacy more than 80%:


Identify the incorrect factor

Pull factors of migration:


Observe the following graph and answer the question given below:

Question: 

  1. Which type of the graph shown above?
  2. In which age group male percentage is highest?
  3. In which age group female percentage is lowest? 
  4. Whose percentage is highest in 30-39 age group?
  5. In which age group female percentage is higher than male percentage?

Write short note

Rural-urban structure of population


Why do some states of India have higher rates of work participation than others?


Which regions have an unfavorable sex ratio towards women?


What do you mean by an aging population?


Divide population based on the place of residence.


How is occupational structure a good indicator of levels of economic development of a nation?


Why is the age structure considered an important indicator of population composition? Give one reason.


“In some countries of the world, the sex ratio is unfavourable to women.” Give one reason.


“The shape of the population pyramid reflects the characteristics of the population.” Support the statement with examples.


What is the meaning of the Age Structure of population? Describe in brief four main characteristics of the age structure of the world population.


Describe the main characteristics of each of the major groups of human occupations in the world.


Which state has the lowest literacy rate?


How many scheduled languages are in our constitution?


A worker is known as main worker, who works atleast ____________.


Which one of the following country has highest sex ratio in the world?


Triangular shaped Pyramid refers to ______.


Narrow base of age-sex pyramid refers to ______.


Broad base of age-sex pyramid refers to ______.


The lowest sex ratio is found in ______.


In how many countries, unfavourable sex ratio is found?


According to the UNO, how many countries have sex ratio favourable for females?


Population of India according to Occupation can be categorized into:


The largest country in Asia Continent in terms of area ______


Study the given graph carefully and answer the following question:

Intra-state Migration by place of Last Residence Indicating Migration Streams India, 2011

Inter-state Migration by Place of Last Residence Indicating Migration Streams India, 2011

What is the main cause of female migration from rural to urban?


Study the given graph carefully and answer the following question:

Intra-state Migration by place of Last Residence Indicating Migration Streams India, 2011

Inter-state Migration by Place of Last Residence Indicating Migration Streams India, 2011

Which stream of migration shows the lowest trend in intra-state migration?


Which of the following is true about natural advantage and social disadvantage?


The developed countries having low birth and death rates come under which category?


Population composition means


Highest sex-ratio in the world is found in a country of which of the following continent?


The lowest sex ratio in the world is in which country?


Which group is known as productive group?


Mining is a ______.


Which type of population pyramid usually characterises developed countries where population growth is zero?


Assertion: India is agrarian country.

Reason: Population engaged in agriculture is high in India.


Identify the correct group or factor.


Observe the following graph and answer the question given below.

  1. Which region has the highest literacy rate?
  2. Which region has the lowest literacy rate?
  3. In which region does women fare better than men in literacy rate?
  4. Write a concluding paragraph about the graph.
  5. What does this graph tells us?

"India is a land of linguistic diversity." Support the statement. 


Write a short note on:

Demographic dividend.


Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?


Read the following graph and answer the questions given below:

Questions:

  1. Which region has a very less adult female literacy rate?
  2. Why the percentage of adult male literacy rate is more in the given regions?
  3. Why the percentage of female-male literacy rate in 2016 is less in sub-Saharan Africa?
  4. Write your own opinion about the adult female literacy rate with reference to the graph.
  5. With reference to graph which country would be advanced in social factors?

Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?


Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?


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