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  • Question 1
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    Population Density means __________________.
    Solution
    •  Population density is the number of people per unit of area, usually quoted per square kilometer or square mile (which may include or exclude, for example, areas of water or glaciers). Commonly this may be calculated for a county, city, country, another territory, or the entire world.
    • Population density can apply to any size area, from a building to a nation.
    •  If an area is densely populated, that means a larger number of people live in a smaller amount of space.
    •  If an area is sparsely populated, however, a smaller number of people live in a larger land area.
  • Question 2
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    India ranks _______ in the world in terms of population.
    Solution
    •  India is the world's second most populous country after the People's Republic of China.
    •  India occupies 2.4 percent of the world's land surface area and is home to 17.5 percent of the world's population.
    • The ten countries with the largest population in the world today
    • are China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan,
    • Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia and Japan.
  • Question 3
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    Which of the following states ranks first in terms of literacy rate?
    Solution
    • According to Census 2011, Kerala has the highest total literacy rate and female literacy rate.
    • The literacy rates of different Indian states in 2001 and 2011. India's literacy rate is at 74.04%.
    • Kerala is the most literate state in India, with 93.91% literacy.
    •  Bihar is the least literate state in India, with a literacy of 63.82%.
  • Question 4
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    A large proportion of children in population is a result of _______.
    Solution
    A large proportion of children in a population is a result of High birth rate. The birth rate in a place is the number of babies born for every 1000 people during a particular period of time. The ratio of live births in a specified area, group, etc to the population of that area, is usually expressed per 1000 population per year.
  • Question 5
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    Population density refers to ______.
    Solution
    Population density refers to the number of people living per square unit of area .It is calculated by dividing the total population by total land area..
  • Question 6
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    Migration influences the size and distribution try of the population in ___________.
    Solution
    Migration is the movement of people across regions and territories.
     It is a determinant factor of population change as it changes the demographics (size and composition) of both the areas of departure and arrival.
    Migration is the movement of people across regions and territories. This can be internal (within the country) or international (between the countries).

    • Internal migration does not change the size of the population, but changes the distribution of population within the nation.

    • In India, most migrations have been from rural to urban areas because of adverse conditions of poverty and unemployment in the rural areas and increased employment opportunities and better living conditions in city.

    • Effects of Migrations:
    → It changes the population size.
    → It also changes the population composition of urban and rural populations in terms of age and sex composition.

    • In India, the rural-urban migration has resulted in a steady increase in the percentage of population in cities and towns.
  • Question 7
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    The study of human population is called __________.
    Solution
    • "Demography" is the name for the social science which concerns itself with studying populations. 
    • Specifically, it is the science of the social statistics of populations, such as births, deaths, diseases and marriages.
    •  Demography encompasses the study of the size, structure, and distribution of these populations, and spatial or temporal changes in them in response tobirth,migration,ageing and death.
    •  Based on the demographic research of the earth, earth's population up to the year 2050 and 2100 can be estimated by demographers. Demographics are quantifiable characteristics of a given population.
  • Question 8
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    In India, census is conducted at the periodicity of _______.
    Solution
    • The decennial Census of India has been conducted 15 times, As of 2011. It has been conducted every 10 years, beginning in 1872. 
    • A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information  about the members of a given population .
    •  It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.
    • TheUnited Nations  defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every 10 years.
  • Question 9
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    The highest density of population can be expected in _________.
    Solution
    The highest density of population can be expected in a fertile alluvial plain with abundant rainfall.
    An alluvial plain is a largely flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A floodplain is part of the process, being the smaller area over which the rivers flood at a particular period of time, whereas the alluvial plain is the larger area representing the region over which the floodplains have shifted over geological time.
  • Question 10
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    More than half of India's urban population lives in _____ states.
    Solution
    It has been surveyed in 2017 , 34% of the country's population reside in the urban areas. Furthermore, more than half of India's urban population lives in fives states. Among these, the state of Tamil Nadu continues to be the most urbanized state. Other states that follow include Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat.
    Thus, the correct answer is B.
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