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World Geography Practice Test: World Population
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The world population is the total number of humans currently living. It was estimated by the United Nations to have exceeded eight billion in mid-November 2022. It took around 300,000 years of human prehistory and history for the human population to reach one billion and only 222 years more to reach 8 billion.

World Geography Practice Test: World Population
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1. According to 2011 estimation, the total population of Europe is
2. The Mongol culture earth was originally situated in
3. Assertion (A) : The Darwinian theory of natural selection sometimes referred to as ‘the survival of the fittest’ explains the origin of many species as a normal process of descent from parent forms. Reason (R) : The contemporary distribution pattern of many organisms is often the result of natural migration or dispersal from original centre(s) of development. Codes
4. Which one of the following represents the correct sequence of descending order of population size of the four given mega cities of the world?
5. Among the following South Asian countries, in which one is the Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 1,00,000 live births) lowest?
6. Which of the following pairs are not correctly matched?
1. Indonesians – Australoid
2. North Africans – Caucasoid
3. West Europeans – Mongoloid
4. South Americans – Negroid Select the correct answer using the codes given below: Codes
7. Population explosion is associated with
8. Caucasoid are found in
9. The most densely populated African country is
10. Which one of the following stages indicates the initiation of population explosion in the demographic transition?
11. The largest country in the Western Hemisphere, in the terms of population is
12. Since 1970, the trend of urbanisation in West Africa has led to
13. Which of the following is a lowdensity area?
1. Equatorial forest
2. Tropical deserts
3. Eastern Asia
4. North-Eastern America
5. All of these
14. Which one of the following states was formed exclusively by the migrants in the 20 century?
15. Assertion (A) : The Homosapiens are generally divided into Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Nergroid and Australoid races. Reason (R) : Terminal charges are reduced. Codes
16. The doubling period of population is the lowest in
17. Which part of Europe is most densely populated?
18. Currently half of the world’s population live in just six countries. Identify them from the following
19. Consider the following statements:
1. Low-income countries of Asia have lower level of urbanization but had some of the largest citizens in the world.
2. The most of South-East Asian countries have primate pattern of unbanisation.
3. In the addition of world urban population after 1950, the share of developed countries is higher than that of the developing countries. Which of the above statements are correct?
20. Consider the following countries:
1. Bangladesh 2. Brazil
3. Indonesia 4. Japan The correct sequence of these countries in descending order of their population, is
21. Consider the following statements:
1. As per the optimum theory of population per capita income will increase with the population growth in underpopulated areas.
2. According to Malthus, Population doubles once in every 20 years.
3. Celibacy, self-control and late marriages are the preventive checks postulated by Malthus.
4. According to Malthus, war, earthquake and flood are some of the positive checks on population growth. Of these statements
22. The following Gulf countries have Indian communities:
1. Saudi Arabia 2. Oman
3. Kuwait 4. Iraq The correct sequence is descending order of the size of Indian community, as per 1990 figures, will be
23. In developing countries, the population increases in some parts is due to immigration. Such parts are characterised by
24. The correct sequence in the descending order of given countries in terms of life expectancy at birth is
25. The Mobility Transition Model of Migration was propounded by