GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 95

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 95

941) Among the following South Asian countries, in which one is the maternal mortality ratio (per 100000 live births) lowest?
A) Bangladesh
B) India
C) Nepal
D) Pakistan

Answer: Nepal
   
942) A continuous extended urban areas formed by the growing together of several formerly separate, expanding cities is called as
A) outgrowth
B) Metropolis
C) conurbation
D) primate city

Answer: outgrowth
   
943) Which one of the following is not an approach in human geography?
A) Areal differentiation
B) Quantitative revolution
C) Spatial organisation
D) Exploration and description

Answer: Exploration and description
   
944) Who of the following can be considered as a pioneer to provide an economic view of population change?
A) Malthus
B) Notestein
C) Marx
D) Ehrlich

Answer: Notestein
   
945) Which of the following is a low density area? 1. Equatorial forest 2. Tropical deserts 3. Eastern Asia 4. North-Eastern America
A) 1, 2 and 4
B) 1 and 2
C) 2 and 3
D) 1, 3 and 4

Answer: 1 and 2

946) Which of the following human species is the earliest?
A) Homo habilis
B) Homo erectus
C) Neanderthals
D) Ramapithecus

Answer: Homo habilis
   
947) Assertion (A) : In developed countries, the economically active population in agriculture sector has declined.
Reason (R) : The per capita arable land has also significantly fallen down.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false
D) A is false, but R is true

Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
   
948) Assertion (A) : The study of sex composition of population assumes added significance for national planners.
Reason (R) : The two sexes play partly complementary roles in the economy and society.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is a not correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false
D) A is false, but R is true

Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
   
949) Who said, "Water is incomparably India's greatest treasure and were generally turned into account, she would be in the highest state of temporal prosperity"?
A) Sir Arthur Cotton
B) KL Rao
C) SV Ramamurthy
D) WL Voorduin

Answer: Sir Arthur Cotton
   
950) Thomas Malthus in 1793 wrote and essay on population growth. Choose correct statement regarding this.
1. Number of people will increase faster than food supply.
2. His positive checks were.
3. His negative checks were.
4. He was a supporter of contraceptive.
A) 1, 2 and 3
B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 4
D) All of the above

Answer: 1, 2 and 3