GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 90

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 90

891) The Semitic people belong to the
A) Caucasoid race
B) Mongoloid race
C) Negroid race
D) Australoid race

Answer: Negroid race
   
892) Consider the following statements. According to the Malthusian model
1. population tends to increase arithmetically.
2. positive and preventive checks prevent excessive growth rate of population.
3. the basis of preventive checks is 'moral restraint'.
4. postponement of marriage is to be emphasised.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A) 1 and 2
B) 1, 2 and 3
C) 2, 3 and 4
D) l, 3 and 4

Answer: 2, 3 and 4
   
893) Which of the following tribes belongs to the Kalahari?
A) Hottentots
B) Zulus
C) Kirghis
D) Aborigines

Answer: Hottentots
   
894) Consider the following interaction languages
1. Arabic
2. French
3. Spanish
The correct sequence of the language given above in the decreasing order of the number of their speakers is
A) 3, 1, 2
B) 1, 3, 2
C) 3, 2, 1
D) 1, 2, 3

Answer: 3, 1, 2
   
895) Population explosion is associated with
A) high birth rate and low death rate
B) high birth rate and high death rate
C) low birth rate and high death rate
D) low birth rate and low death rate

Answer: high birth rate and low death rate

896) China's population is comparable to India. Which of the following is true?
1. Population of lndia is expected to surpass that of China after 2022.
2. Population of China thereafter is expected to be stable until 2030, after which it is expected to 'slightly decrease'.
3. By 2022 both countries are expected to have population of 1.4 bill.
4. India's population will continue to grow and will reach is 1.5 bill in 2030 and 1.7 bill 2050.
A) 1 and 2
B) 2, 3 and 4
C) 1 and 4
D) All of these

Answer: 1 and 4
   
897) Which of the following factors affect population distribution? 1. Landforms 2. Soil 3. urbanisation 4. Culture
A) 1 and 2
B) 1, 2 and 3
C) Only 3
D) All of these

Answer: 1, 2 and 3
   
898) Consider the following statements
1. Celibacy, self-control and late marriages are the preventive diode postulated by Malthus.
2. According to Malthus, war, earthquake and flood are some of the positive checks on population growth.
Which or the above statements is/are true?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) None of these

Answer: Both 1 and 2
   
899) Canthoderons is the term of skin applied to
A) Caucasoidrace
B) Negroid race
C) Mongoloid race
D) Australoid race

Answer: Negroid race
   
900) Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
1. Primary sex ratio : Sex at the time of conception
2. Secondary sex ratio : Sex at the time of birth
3. Tertiary sex ratio : Sex at the time of enumeration
4. Imbalanced sex ratio : Sex of workers
The below options are given in A B C D order
A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
B) 1, 3 and 4
C) 2 and 4
D) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: 2 and 4