POPULATION QUIZ

What percentage of World’s population lives in India?

• 16.5%

• 17.5%

• 20%

• 15%

At the present rates of population growth of India and China, by which year is India likely to overtake China as the world’s most populous country?

• 2025

• 2040

• 2030

• 2050

During which decade did India see a negative population growth?

• 1901-11

• 1931-41

• 1911-21

• 1951-61

Which among the following countries has a better gender ratio than India?

• Bhutan

• Pakistan

• China

• Afghanistan

Next to Delhi, which is the most populated Union Territory in India?

• Chandigarh

• Puducherry

• Daman and Diu

• Andaman and Nicobar

What is the term for the total number of people living in a place?

• Population

• Population density

• Urbanization

• Rate of natural increase

The birth rate refers to the:

• Number of babies born per year

• Number of people who die per year

• Number of people who move to a city per year

• Number of people who immigrate per year

If lots of people are moving to a big city from the countryside, that city is experiencing:

• urbanization

• immigration

• discrimination

• persecution

The number of people who die in a year is called the:

• death rate.

• rate of natural increase.

• birth rate.

• rural rate.

Population density is a measurement of:

• the number of people per square mile.

• the total number of people living somewhere.

• the number of immigrants living somewhere.

• the average income of a group of people.