World Population & Urbanization
64 questions
Which of the following subjects deals with the studies in population and vital statistics of Human communities?
The idea of 'Folk-Urban Continuum' was developed on the basis of studies conducted in :
In the view of Redfield and Singer, the process of primary urbanization is characterized by the development of a:
Which among the following organizations released the World Population Report, 2021?
As per the 'U.N. Population Fund', the seven-billionth baby was born on October 31, 2011 in :
The World Population Day commemorates the day on which the estimated world population become five billion. That day was :
What has been the theme of the 2017 World Population Day?
About 50% of the world population is concentrated between the latitudes of:
What percentage of the total population of the world resides in India as estimated in the year 2011?
The percentage of India's population in the total population of the world as per 2011 Census is:
According to the United Nations, in 2050, the estimated population of the world will be:
As per World Statistics 2008, what approximate percentage of world population lives in Asia?
Which of the following countries has the largest population?
Arrange the following countries of the world in descending order of their population size. 1. Brazil 2. Indonesia 3. Nigeria 4. Pakistan Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes:
Among the world's ten most populous countries, in Asia are :
Africa's most populous country is:
According to United Nations Statistics 2012, which one of the following has the largest population?
In which of the following, population growth was minimum during the year 1990-2000?
Highest percentage of population growth has been noticed in the countries of the continent of :
Which one of the following countries has highest population growth rate?
Assertion (A): The areas of low density of population are often over populated. Reason (R): Their carrying capacity is less. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes :
Which one of the following countries has the lowest density of population?
Which country has the lowest density of population?
Most densely populated country among the SAARC countries is :
Which one among the following South Asian countries has the highest population density?
The most densely populated country in East Asia is :
The most densely populated country of South America is:
Which of the following countries has the most favourable sex-ratio?
Which of the following gives the correct sequence of the sex-ratio (2011) in decreasing order?
There is a fear of decreasing sex-ratio of the world in future due to increasing :
The Population of the world in descending order, on the basis of religion is :
According to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), what percentage of world's total population is currently living in urban areas?
Which one of the following is known as acceleration stage in the urbanization curve?
As per United Nations data, what percentage of world's population was estimated to live in urban settlements in 2016?
According to an estimate, seventy percent of the world's population would be localized in urban areas by the year :
Which one of the following is not a criterion to determine prosperity of cities according to U.N. Habitat Report on the State of World's Cities?
The World's population increased from its rural population in the year :
Which one of the following countries has the largest urban population in the world ?
The most urbanized continent is:
Which of the following regions is most urbanized?
The total population of which one of the following countries is more than the urban population of India?
At present, the most urbanized country of the world is:
The most urbanized country of South America is:
Which one of the following is the correct descending order of the percentage of urbanization of the following South Asian countries? Select the correct answer from the codes given below: 1. Bangladesh 2. India 3. Pakistan 4. Sri Lanka Codes :
Which one of the following is the most urbanized country of South Asia?
Which one of the following is the most urbanized country of West Asia?
The Largest urban agglomeration of the world is :
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Urbanization follows industrialization. Reason (R): In developing countries, urbanization is a movement in itself. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. Codes:
Assertion (A): The Asian cities are over-urbanized. Reason (R): Their growth has outpaced their economic development. Select the correct answer from the code given below :
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Cities in western countries have more females as compared to male. Reason (R): In western countries, agriculture work is done with new technology in which men have more participation. Choose the correct answer from the code given below. Code :
Assertion (A): Two percent of people of the world live outside their country of birth. <!-- PAGE 1075 --> Reason (R): Oceania has highest percentage of migrants. Code :
At present, the migrant population as percentage of total population is the highest in :
The largest migrant population is found in :
Assertion (A): China's growth of population has dramatically slowed down. Reason (R): Its fertility rate has declined due to one child per family policy. Codes :
According to the U.N. Populations Division the lowest fertility rate is in :
The lowest fertility rate in the world is that of:
Which one of the following countries has the highest birth rate?
Which of the following countries has the highest life expectancy (in years) at birth?
Which of the following countries of Asia, is witnessing higher number of deaths than births per year?
The maternal mortality rate in Asia is highest in:
In South Asia, the country with the largest percentage of aged population is :
About eighty percent of the world's population is not protected by :
According to the World Development Report 2006, the poorest country of South Asia is :
Which one of the following countries was the first to adopt family planning programme officially?