3. Population composition.

CHAPTER NO. 03

Population composition

Class 12 Geography Book -01
Fundamentals of Human Geography
Very Short Answer type questions. (important Questions)

Q1. What do you understand by population composition?
Ans. Population composition refers to those characteristics of population which are measurable & which helps us in distinguishing one group of people from the other such as age, sex, literacy & occupation.

Q2. Write the formula to calculate the sex ratio (India).
Ans. Sex Ratio=Female population /Male population X 1000 (In India).

Q3. What does age-sex pyramid indicates?
Ans. The age-sex pyramid indicates the age-sex structure of the population.

Q4. How many countries have the unfavorable sex ratio in the world?
Ans.72 countries.

Q5. Name the country with lowest literacy rate in world?
Ans. South Sudan.

Q6. Which country has highest rural population in world?
Ans. Burundi, Nepal & Uganda.

Q7. Which country has highest urban population in world?
Ans. Singapore.

Q8. Which areas are not attractive for human dwelling in the world?
Ans. Mountain, arid & forest (including harsh climatic areas).

Q9. Which country has highest sex ratio in the world?
Ans. Latvia [1187 Females per 1000 males].

Q10. Which country has lowest sex ratio in the world?
Ans.U.A.E [468 females per 1000 males].

Q11. What is literacy rate?
Ans. Percentage of population above 7 years who is able to read & write.

Q12. What is the occupational age group of the population?
Ans. 15 to 59 yrs.

Q13. Which is the largest linguistic group in the world?

Ans. Indo –European.

Q14. Mention the Asia’s largest slum area?
Ans. Dharavi- Mumbai.

Q15. What is the %age of youth population in the world?
Ans. 36%.

Q16. What do you mean by population growth?
Ans. Change of population in particular area b/w two points of time is known as growth of population.

Q17. What do you mean by demographic cycle?
Ans. Demographic transition in which changes occurs in stages collectively known as the demographic cycle.

Q18. In Asia which countries have low sex ratio?
Ans. India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia.

Q19. Define Age Structure?
Ans. Age structures represent the number of people of different age groups.

Q20. What is the use of population pyramid?
Ans. It is used to show the age sex structure of the population.

Q21. What is the shape of Expanding population? Which countries represent this pyramid?

Ans. Triangular shape Pyramid is typical of less developed countries.

Q22. In which country the expanding population is found?
Ans. Nigeria, Bangladesh and Mexico.

Q23. What is the shape of constant population?
Ans. Bell shaped Pyramid.

Q24. In which country constant population was found in the world?
Ans. Australia.

Q25. In most of the developed countries of the world population in higher age groups has increased. Why?
Ans. Because due to increase Life expectancy.

Q26. What is the shape of declining population? Which countries represent this pyramid?
Ans. Narrow base and a tapered top Pyramid. It show in developed countries is usually zero or negative.

Q27. What is the average sex ratio in the world?
Ans. 100 female out of 102 male.

Q28. In which region does the sex ratio is unfavorable?
Ans. Female infanticides, Female foeticide, Domestic violence.

Q29. Why the number of male is less in Europe continent?
Ans.1.Because in this region the female have bought equality in sociality
2. Because a huge number of male migration were done.

Q30. Which country has the declining population pyramid?
Ans. Japan.

Q31. Which is the largest linguistic group in the world?
Ans. Mandarin or Chinese.

Q32. What is occupational structure?
Ans. The proportional distribution of active population under specific economic activities is known as occupational structure.

BOOK-01: Fundamentals of Human Geography

Chapter 1. Human Geography Nature and Scope.

Chapter 2. The World Population (Distribution, Density and Growth).

Chapter 3. Population Composition.

Chapter 4. Human Development.

Chapter 5. Primary Activities.

Chapter 6. Secondary Activities.

Chapter 7. Tertiary and Quaternary Activities.

Chapter 8. Transport and Communication.

Chapter 9. International Trade.

Chapter 10. Human Settlements.

BOOK- 02: India People and Economy