Human Resources MCQ Questions Class 8 Social Science with Answers
Q1- Union Human Resource Development Ministry was created in
(a) 1987
(b) 1985
(c) 1990
(d) 1986
Answer : B
Question. Land covers only about ____ percent of the total area of the earth’s surface
(a) 20
(b) 25
(c) 30
(d) 35
Answer : C
Question. A few factors on which the productivity of a nation’s human resources depends are given below. Pick out the one that is not a factor.
(a) Health
(b) Census
(c) Literacy
(d) Possession of technical skills
Answer : B
Question. When was Human Resource Development Ministry formed in India at central level of Government?
(a) In 1990
(b) In 1985correct
(c) In 2004
(d) In 2009
Answer : B
Question. Human resources differ from one another in respect of
(a) educational level
(b) age
(c) sex
(d) all of these
Answer : D
Question- ___ per cent of the global population resides in 10 countries.
(a) 75
(b) 60
(c) 65
(d) 80
Answer : B
Question. How have USA and Australia gained in respect of population growth?
(a) By immigrationcorrect
(b) By tourism
(c) By both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer : A
Question. Life expectancy refer to
(a) The number of working people in the country
(b) The number of literate people in the country
(c) The number of years that an average person can expect to live
(d) The number of illiterate and uneducated people in the country
Answer : C
Question- Chang Jiang plains in ____ is one of the most densely populated regions across the globe.
(a) Taiwan
(b) China
(c) Japan
(d) Vietnam
Answer : B
Question- _____ is a country whose population growth declined because of low birth and death rates.
(a) Indonesia
(b) United Kingdom
(c) South Africa
(d) Russia
Answer : B
Question. Using resources carefully, judicially & giving them time to get renewed is called _________
(a) Resource Development
(b) Sustainable Conservation
(c) Sustainable Development
(d) Resource Conservation
Answer : D
Question- _____ has reported an annual rate of natural increase of population at 3% per annum.
(a) Mexico
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Israel
(d) US
Answer : B
Question- Population increases when the _____ is higher.
(a) Emigration
(b) Death Rate
(c) Birth rate
(d) water availability
Answer : C
Question. When a person leaves a country it is known as:
(a) immigration
(b) integration
(c) emigrant
(d) emigration
Answer : B
Question. Which one from the following refers to Census?
(a) The process of counting the number of states in a country
(b) The process of taking a count of total number of people in a country
(c) The process of counting the land area in a country
(d) The process of counting the mountains and hilly terrains in a country
Answer : B
Question. Land covers only about ____ percent of the total area of the earth’s surface
(a) 20
(b) 25
(c) 30
(d) 35
Answer : C
Question. Which of the following is not the region where very few people live?
(a) High altitudes areas
(b) Plainscorrect
(c) High mountains
(d) Equatorial forest area
Answer : B
Question. Which is densely populated area?
(a) Ganga plain
(b) Andes
(c) Alps
(d) Himalayan
Answer : A
Question. More than 90% of World’s population lives in about of land surface?
(a) 20%
(b) 30%
(c) 50%
(d) 35%
Answer : B
Question. What is the average population density of the world?
(a) 51 persons per sq. km
(b) 300 persons per sq. km
(c) 100 persons per sq. km.
(d) 14 persons per sq. km
Answer : A
Question. The population of the world is
(a) 77 billions
(b) 7.0 billions
(c) 0.77 billions
(d) 0.077 billions
Answer : B
Question. Which country has high population growth rate?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Kenya
(c) India
(d) China
Answer : B
Question. A population pyramid
(a) Shows the difference between the birth rate and death rate
(b) Shows the percent of males and females in a country with there are groups
(c) The number of years that an average person can expect to live
(d) Shows the structure of population with respect to their age
Answer : D
Question. Which of the following countries has slow growth rate of population?
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) United Kingdomcorrect
(d) Brazil
Answer : C
Question. When was Human Resource Development Ministry formed in India at central level of Government?
(a) In 1990
(b) In 1985correct
(c) In 2004
(d) In 2009
Answer : B
Question. The movement of people in and out of an area is referred to as
(a) Death rate
(b) Migration
(c) Population density
(d) Birth Rate
Answer : B
Question. On what criterions do the human resources all over the world differ?
(a) Basis of sex
(b) Basis of age
(c) Basis of education
(d) All of the above
Answer : D
Question. The highest density of the population in the world is in
(a) Europe
(b) South America
(c) South central Asiacorrect
(d) none of these
Answer : C
Question. The number of deaths per 1,000 people refer to
(a) Migration
(b) Birth Rate
(c) Death rate
(d) Population change
Answer : C
Question. If the birth rate is high and the death rate is low in a country then the population pyramid will
(a) Narrow at the base
(b) Not narrow at the base
(c) Not narrow rapidly towards the top
(d) Narrow rapidly towards the top
Answer : C
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Class 8 Geography Chapter 6 Important Questions
Very Short Answer Type Questions
1. In what respects do different human beings differ?
Answer: Human beings differ from each other in age, sex, education, ethnicity, culture, physical and mental strength, etc.
2. With the help of figures, describe how population varies across continents.
Answer: Around 61% of the world’s population lives in Asia, 12% in Europe, 13% in Africa, 8% in Central/South America, 5% in North America and 1% in Oceania.
3. If 600 people live in your colony, and the area of your colony is 2 sq km, what is the population density of your colony?
Answer: If 600 people live in a 2 sq km area, on an average, 300 people live in 1 sq km. So density of population is 300 persons per sq km.
4. Compare the population density of the world with that of India.
Answer: The population density of the world is around 45 persons per sq km, whereas that of India is over 320 persons per sq km.
5. How does climate affect the population distribution of an area?
Answer: People prefer to live in regions with a moderate climate, and not places of extreme cold and hot climate. So moderate climate regions are densely populated.
6. What is life expectancy?
Answer: Life expectancy is the number of years an average person can expect to live, based on data.
7. What is the general trend of migrations from one country to another? Why is it so?
Answer: Generally, people migrate from less developed countries to more developed ones. This is done for better employment opportunities and other facilities.
8. What is an age-sex pyramid?
Answer: An age-sex pyramid is a graph showing the number of males and females under certain defined age groups.
9. Which of these countries is more densely populated: one with a small population in a large area, or one with a large population in a large area?
Answer: A country with a large population in a small area is more densely populated out of the two.
Short Answer Type Questions
1. Describe how various factors affect population distribution.
Answer: Topography, favourable climate, fertility of soils, availability of fresh water, minerals are major geographical factors affecting population density of a region.
People prefer to live on plains more than mountains or plateaus and they live more in moderate climates than extreme hot or cold. From the agriculture point of view, fertile lands are preferred. Areas with mineral deposits are more populated. Some social factors that boost the density of population in a region are better housing, education and health facilities. Places with cultural or historical significance are usually populated. Employment opportunities are another attraction for large chunks of population.
2. Describe how the population of the world has grown in history. What has caused the population explosion?
Answer: The world population grew steadily initially. It reached a billion in the year 1820. But the next two billion were added in just a hundred and fifty years. By 1970 the population was 3 billion. In the next 29 years, i.e. by the year 1999, the population had
doubled to 6 billion. The population explosion has been mainly caused by the growth in medical facilities, which has decreased the death rate by a large extent.
3. What are the factors affecting the population change in a region? [Imp.]
Answer: Factors affecting the population change in a region are birth rate, death rate and migrations. Birth rate is a statistic that measures the number of live births per 1000 people. Death rate is a statistic that measures the number of deaths per 1000 people. Along with birth and death rate, another factor affecting population change is migration. Migration refers to the movement of people from one area to another. People leaving a country are called emigrants and the phenomenon is called emigration. People arriving in a country are called immigrants and the phenomenon is called immigration.
Long Answer Type Questions
1. What is a population pyramid? What is its significance and what information can it give?
Answer: A population pyramid is a pictorial way to describe the population composition. An age-sex pyramid gives information about the distribution of different age groups of people based on gender. The shape of the age-sex pyramid of a country is indicative of a lot of information about the country. The size towards the bottom may be used to estimate the birth rate, while the size towards the top to estimate the death rate.
A population pyramid in which the base is broad and the top part is narrow means that although a large amount of births take place, not all grow up to be adults and old; it means many die before reaching these ages. This indicates a large death rate and Kenya shows such a pyramid. This means a high population growth rate.
In countries like India, the death rate is decreasing, so the pyramid is broad in the younger age groups, and the size of the pyramid decreases steadily.
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