NCERT Class 12 MCQ Quiz Hub

1. Which one of the following is not a fact?
Human population increased more than ten times during the past 500 years (B)
Nearly 80 million people are added to the world population each year
It took 100 years for the population to rise from five billion to six billion
Population growth is high in the first stage of demographic transition.

2. What was world population at the beginning of the 21st century?
4 billion
8 billion
6 billion
10 billion

3. What is the present growth rate of population in the world?
1.0%
1.2%
1.4%
1.6%

4. How many times The world population has increased during the last 500 years?
4
6
8
10

5. What is the average density of the world population? (per sq. km.)
31
35
38
54

6. Which country has the highest density of population?
China
India
Singapore
Indonesia

7. Which continent has the highest growth rate of the population?
Asia
Africa
Europe
Australia

8. What was the world population at the time of the Industrial Revolution?
30 crore
40 crore
50 crore
60 crore

9. Which is the most populated country?
China
India
Russia
Germany

10. How many people are added to the world population every year?
6 crore
7 crore
8 crore
10 crore

11. The ten most populated countries have a world population:
50%
60%
70%
80%

12. Which one of the following continents has the highest growth of population:
Africa
South America
Asia
North America.

13. Which one of the following is not an area of the sparse population?
The Atacama
Equatorial Region
South-East Asia
Polar Regions.

14. Which of the following is not a push factor:
Water shortage
Unemployment
Medical/Educational facilities
Epidemics