Population Geography – UGC NET – Solved PYQs

Covered Topics: Sources of Population Data (Census, Sample Surveys, Data Reliability & Errors), & vital Statistics, World Population Distribution (Measure, Patterns & Determinants), World Population Growth (Prehistoric to Modern Period), Demographic Transition Theory, Theories of Population Growth (Malthus, Sadler & Ricardo), Fertility & Mortality Analysis, Migration: (Types, Causes, Consequences & Models), Population Composition and Characteristics: (age, sex, rural-urban, occupational structure & education Levels), Population Policies in Developed and Developing Countries.

1. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below. (SEPT 2013)

Codes:
(1) A–III, B–IV, C–II, D–I
(2) A–IV, B–III, C–I, D–II
(3) A–III, B–IV, C–I, D–II
(4) A–I, B–II, C–III, D–IV

2. International migration is no longer a factor in population distribution mainly because (SEPT 2013)

(1) People do not wish to migrate
(2) People are afraid of racial prejudices
(3) Nations have placed restrictions on migration
(4) Employment opportunities are not bright

3. Which one of the following statements is not correct about migration? (SEPT 2013)

(1) Migration varies inversely with the distance between source and destination
(2) The majority of migrants move in order to improve their economic conditions
(3) Governments create migration policies to attract the talents that they lack
(4) Women tend to move longer distances than men

4. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer. (SEPT 2013)

Assertion (A): The pattern of consumption of goods and services varies from one country to another.
Reason (R): The population distribution varies from one country to another.

Codes:
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) does not explain (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true

5. According to Lynch, the elements which help to perceive urban environment are (SEPT 2013)

(1) Path and node
(2) Path, node and landmark
(3) Boundaries and districts
(4) Path, boundaries, districts, nodes and landmark

6. Migration from developed to less developed region is called as (DEC 2013)

(1) Emigration
(2) Immigration
(3) Perverse migration
(4) Reverse migration

7. Demographic transition is a framework that explores the historical sequence of changes in (DEC 2013)

I. Fertility and migration
II. Mortality and age-structure
III. Mortality and migration
IV. Age-structure and sex composition

Codes:
(1) I and IV are correct
(2) III and IV are correct
(3) Only I is correct
(4) I and II are correct

8. Which one of the following stages of the demographic transition model predicts a high birth rate but a low death rate? (DEC 2013)

(1) First stage
(2) Second stage
(3) Third stage
(4) Late-second stage

9. Net population change is determined by (JUNE 2014)

(1) Mortality
(2) Migration
(3) Fertility
(4) Both 1 and 3

10. Which of the following conditions is characterised by the second stage of Demographic Transition? (JUNE 2014)

(1) Low birth rate, high death rate
(2) High birth rate, high death rate
(3) High birth rate, declining death rate
(4) Low birth rate, low death rate

11. The stages of inception in the dynamics of urban growth refers to (JUNE 2014)

(1) The factor which gives rise to a city in a particular place
(2) The process through which separate functional districts are carved out
(3) The outward, often radial, movement of activities from the centre
(4) The pattern of forcing activities out of an area