Thursday, February 3, 2011

POPULATION - I

INTRODUCTION

1. How are human beings themselves resources?
2. When does the simple rock coal become a resource?
3. When does a natural event like Tsunami become a disaster?
4. Why is population significant?
5. Human beings are ----------------- and ------------------ of earth's resources.
6. What is census?
7. What are the three major questions about the population? Explain.

POPULATION SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION

INDIA'S POPULATION SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION BY NUMBERS

8. What had been the population of India as on March 2001? It accounted for --------------- percent of the world's population.
9. Our country's area is ----------------- sq. km.
10. It accounts for ------------------- percent of the world's area.
11. Which state is the most populous according to Census 2001?
12. Uttar Pradesh accounts for ---------------------- percent of India's population.
13. Which are the less populous states / territories in India?
14. Almost half of India's population lives in just ----------- states.
15. These states are -------------, ----------------, ---------------, ------------- and ---------------.
16. ____________ is the biggest state of India in terms of area.
17. It has only ---------- percent of the total population of India.
18. What could be the reason of uneven distribution of population in India?

INDIA'S POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY DENSITY

19. How is population density calculated?
20. Name the countries that have higher average population densities than India.
21. What was the population density of India in the year 2001?
22. What can you say bout the population density in West bengal and Arunachal Pradesh?
23. Which are the states with population densities below 250 persones per sq.km.?
24. Which states have moderate population densities?
25. What are the factors that have influenced population densities in these areas?
26. Which states have high to very high population densities?
27. What are the factors that have influenced high population densities in these areas?
28. Identify the three states of the Northern Plains with high population denstities.

POPULATION GROWTH AND PROCESSES OF POPULATION CHANGE

29. Population is a ---------------- phenomenon.
30. Why is population a dynamic phenomenon?
31. What are the three processes that influence population?

POPULATION GROWTH

32. What does growth of population refer to?
33. In what two ways can the changes related to population growth be expressed?
34. What do you mean by absolute numbers?
35. How is absolute number obtained?
36. What do you mean by absolute increase?
37. What is annual growth rate?
38. What happened to the rate of growth of population since 1981?
39. How was this rate of decline achieved?
40. India may overtake China in the year ---------------- to become the most populous country in the world.

PROCESSES OF POPULATION CHANGE / GROWTH

41. What are the three main processes of change of population?
42. How do you calculate the natural increase of population?
43. Explain   birth rate.
44. Explain death rate.
45. Explain migration.
46. Differentiate between internal migration and international migration.
47. What are the important reasons of migration from rural to urban areas?
48. Why is migration an important determinant of population change?
49. Why are the cities highly populated?
50. What can you say about 'million plus cities' in India?

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