1. Population: Distribution, Density, Growth and Composition

India People and Economy.Book – 2

CHAPTER NO. 01
Population: Distribution, Density, Growth and Composition
Class 12 Geography
Very Short Answer type questions. (important Questions)

Q1. What do you mean by Density of Population?
Ans. Density of population is expressed as number of person per unit area.

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Q2. Which state has the highest density & lowest density of population according to the census 2011?
Ans. Highest -Bihar (1106 km sq.)
Lowest -Arunachal Pradesh (17 km sq.)

Q3. After how many years is census conducted in India?
Ans. 10 year.

Q4. Name two states of India where the Hindus are in a minority.
Ans. Lakshadweep & J&k.

Q5. What do you mean by Growth rate?
Ans. Growth of population is the change in the number of people living in a particular area between two points of time. Its rate is expressed in percentage.
Or
Net change in the size of population between two points of time.

Q6. What is the annual growth rate of India according the census 2011?
Ans. 1.64%.

Q7. Which is the largest minority group of India?
Ans. Muslim.

Q8. Define Arithmetic Density.
Ans. It is the ratio between population & the land area, in which the people are living.

Q9. Name the two dialect families of India.
Ans. Austria, Dravidian.

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Q10. Define the term population distribution?
Ans. The population distribution is the spatial arrangement of people across the world, i.e. where do people live.

Q11. What is population doubling time?
Ans. Population doubling time is the time taken by any population to double itself at its current annual growth rate.

Q12. Why India has larger proportion of dependent population?
Ans. According to census 2001, the proportion of worker both marginal and main is only 39% leaving a majority of 61% as non- workers. It indicates an economic status in which there are a larger proportion of dependent people.

Q13. In which year National Youth Policy is launched. Mention its one objective?
Ans. National Youth Policy is launched in 2003.

Objective:- Stresses on an all-round improvement of the youth.

Q14. What do you understand by ‘Physiological density’?
Ans. Physiological density=Total population / net cultivated area.

Q15. Which union territories have higher participation rate?
Ans. Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu.

Q16. In which categories the working population of India has been divided?
Ans. Four categories are:
1. Cultivators.
2. Agricultural labourers.
3. Household industrial workers.
4. Other workers.

Q17. Which states have larger percentages of workers?
Ans. Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Chhattisgarh, etc.

Q18. Which religious community forms the majority in India? What is its percentage share in total population?
Ans. Hindus are largest religious community in India with 80.5% out of total population.

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Q19. Which religious community is the largest minority in India? What is its percentage share in total population?
Ans. Muslims are the largest minority community in India with 13.5% out of total population.

Q20. Which family has the largest speakers in India?
Ans. Indo-European (Aryan) with 73%.

Q21. Who are the Main and Marginal workers?
Ans. A. Main worker is a person who works for at least 183 days in a year.
B. Marginal worker is a person who works for less than 183 days in a year.

Q22 .Which language is spoken in majority and which in minority in India?
Ans. Highest - Hindi (40.42).
Lowest - Kashmiri and Sanskrit (0.01).

Q23. How much work participation rate in India and identify highest and lowest work participation states?
Ans. Work participation rate - 39.1%
A) Highest- Mizoram (52.6 %).
B) Lowest- Kerala(32.3%).

Q24. How many workers in household industry? & which states have highest percentage of household workers?
Ans. Percentage of total household workers- 1.7 %. & Highest: - Percentage of household workers – Manipur (10.3).

Q25. In which states development of irrigation has high concentration of population in India?
Ans. Rajasthan.

Q26. In which state availability of minerals and energy resources are found in high concentration of population in India?
Ans. Jharkhand.

Q27.What is the decadal and annual growth rates of population?
Ans. There are 17 decadal and 1.6% annual growths.

Q28. In which year the national youth policy of government of India were launched?
Ans. In 2003.

Q29. In India when the female literacy rate become 100% what will be the impact of possibilities on population growth rate?
Ans. Probably it will decrease.

Q30. In India the plain areas have always concentration of population. Give any one reason?
Ans. In every year the rivers send the new soil which is fertile and known as alluvial soil it is beneficial for agriculture so the large population live in plain areas.

Q33. What is work participation rate?
Ans. The participation rate is a measure of the active portion of an economy labour force. It refers to the number of people who either employed or are actively looking for Work.

Q34. In urban areas the populations have high concentration. Why?
Ans. Because in urban areas the development of urbanization and industrialization are high so the rural people migrate in urban to attract with them.

Q35. Name the state having the highest and lowest population growth rate.
Ans. 1.Highest growth rate:-Nagaland,
2. Lowest growth rate: - Kerala.

Q36. Which state has the largest population of Buddhists?
Ans. Maharashtra.

Q37. Which is the largest minority group of India?
Ans. Muslims.

Q38. Mon-Khmer, Munda branch/group belongs to which language family?
Ans. Austric.

Q39. What are the reasons for poor female participation in workforce in India?
Ans.1. Low level of education,
2. Joint family.

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.