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Which states have a large rural population in India? Give one reason for such a large rural population.

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States of Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, U.P., Bihar, and Sikkim have a very high percentage of the rural population. The reason for the high rural population is that these areas are the ones with low levels of economic, social development and hence low level of infrastructural development, which tend to inhibit the process of urbanization. Also with sluggish growth people tend to be concentrated in the field of primary activities, therefore.

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पाठ 1: Population : Distribution, Density, Growth and Composition - EXERCISES [पृष्ठ १४]

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पाठ 1 Population : Distribution, Density, Growth and Composition
EXERCISES | Q 2. (ii) | पृष्ठ १४

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Identify the correct co-relation:

A: Assertion; R: Reasoning

A: Increase in the dependency ratio will affect the economy.
R: Medical costs are high when there are more elderly in the population.


Identify the correct co-relation :

A: Assertion; R: Reasoning

A: In the population pyramid, a broad base indicates a high number of children in a country.
R: Broad apex is an indicator of the high number of elderly in a country


Write a short note on:

Occupational structure of a population.


Differentiate between:

Expansive population pyramid and Constrictive population pyramid.


Answer in detail:

Explain the rural and urban population structure.


Broad base with narrowing apex shows that more people die at each higher band. It shows ______.


Give geographical reason

Demographic dividend increases when proportion of working population increases.


Identify the incorrect factor

Difference in population according to rural-urban structure:


Differentiate between

Quaternary occupations and Quinary occupations


Observe the following graph and answer the question given below:

Questions:

  1. Which pyramid(s) represent(s) a country with high medical expenditure? 
  2. Which pyramid(s) represent(s) a country with a large manpower? 
  3. In which pyramid(s) the number of old people will be the least? 
  4. What is the reason of the broad shape of A pyramid?
  5. Why C pyramid looks vertical in shape?

Observe the following graph and answer the question given below

Question:

  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. Which is the type of graph?

Write short note

Occupational structure of India


Give an account of the occupational structure of India’s population.


What is the significance of age-structure?


Divide population based on the place of residence.


What does the literacy rate of a country indicate?


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


Which country has the lowest sex ratio in the world?


Name the country where sex ratio is most unfavourable to women in the world.


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.


Which age group forms the working population?


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


Which state has the lowest literacy rate?


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


Which state has the lowest sex ratio?


Triangular shaped Pyramid refers to ______.


The aging population has aged more than ______.


Which diagram shows age-sex structure?


Which country’s population shows a constant population?


Population of India according to Occupation can be categorized into:


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

Who dominates rural to rural migration in intra-state migration?


India's population as per the 2011 census is:


From which of the following do we get information regarding the population of our country?


The sex ratio in a country can be expressed as which of the following?


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


Identify the country with the highest sex-ratio in the world.


Which of the following is true about age sex pyramid?

  1. It depicts number of males and females in different age groups.
  2. It is of various shapes, depending upon the population of a country.
  3. Age-sex pyramid of Bangladesh and Mexico are similar.

Consider the following statements and choose the ones which are correct.

  1. The world population on an average shows a sex ratio of 102 males per 100 females.
  2. According to UN, there are only 72 countries that have a favourable sex ratio for females.
  3. The sex ratio is lowest in Qatar.

Which type of population pyramid shows a bell shape?


Arrange the following States/UTs in descending order in terms of their percentage of urban population as per the Census 2011.

  1. Delhi
  2. Kerala
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Assam

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


A country having pyramid of population that has a wide base and sharply tapered top is characterised by which of the following?


Arrange according to increase in age :

  1. Adults
  2. Children
  3. Old people
  4. Young people

Assertion: India is agrarian country.

Reason: Population engaged in agriculture is high in India.


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?

Draw neat, labelled diagram:

Stationary pyramids


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


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?


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