CBSE CLASS 9 SST GEOGRAPHY CHAPTER 6 // POPULATION// IMPORTANT QUESTION AND ANSWER // PART 4

 

1.    What is the percentage of children in Indian population?

ANS: 28.6%

2.    Which Indian state has the highest sex ratio?

ANS: KERALA

3.    What is the ratio of females per thousand males in Kerala?

ANS: 1084

4.    What was the life expectancy of an Indian in 1951?

ANS: 36.7 Years

5.    What is birth rate and death rate?

 

ANS: 1. Birth rate is a number of live births for every 1000 persons in a year. The high birth rate is responsible for the increase in population.

2. A death rate is a number of deaths per thousand persons in a year. The death rate can be controlled by providing good medical facilities.

 

6.    What is migration? Explain its types.

ANS:

7.    ‘Migration is an important determinant of population change’. Explain.

ANS: Migration is an important determinant of population size as it changes not only the population size but also the population composition of urban and rural populations in terms of age composition.

2. In India, the rural-urban migration has resulted in a steady increase in the percentage of the population in cities and towns.

3. Migration is the movement of people across regions and territories. It is a

determinant factor of population change as it changes the demographics (size and

composition) of both the areas of departure and arrival.

4. Migration plays a very significant role in changing the composition and distribution of the population. Migration decides the population change in a big way.

5. They change both population size and population composition in terms of urban and rural populations and in terms of age and sex composition.

8.    How push and pull factors are responsible for the urban migration?

 

ANS: 1. Push and pull factors deeply affect the migration from rural to urban areas.

2. In India, most migrations have been from rural to urban areas because of the push factor in rural areas.

 

3. Push factors are the reasons why people left rural locations in the countryside, such as poverty and unemployment.

4. Pull factors are the reasons why people moved to urban locations in towns and cities such as new technology, greater opportunities, better facilities and increased wealth.

 

9.    What is age composition? Name three broad categories of population.

ANS: The age composition of a population refers to the number of people in different age groups in a country. It is one of the most basic characteristics of a population. To an important degree, a person‘s age influences what he needs buys, does and his capacity to perform.

The categories are:

1. Children (below 15 years), who are economically unproductive and need to be provided with food, clothing, education, and healthcare.

2. Working age (15 to 59 years), who are economically productive and biologically reproductive. They comprise the working population.

3. The aged or elderly (60 years and above), who can be economically productive though they may have retired. They may be working voluntarily but they are not available for employment through recruitment.

 

10. On the political map locate and label the

following

1.    The most populous state of India= UP

 

2.    The most sparsely populated state of India= SIKKIM

 

3.    A state with moderate density of population= ASSAM

 

11.Why is the rate of population growth in India declining since 1981? Give reasons.

ANS: 1. Awareness spread by media and newspaper was also responsible for the decline in the growth rate of population.

2. Spread of education to the girl child was also a reason. Due to it women also become aware of the drawbacks and expenditure of large family.

3. Women also start working in the different field of life and now they realized that

giving birth to more children is also harmful to health.

4. Now, People are literate and they are aware of the family planning programs.

5. The literacy rate was also very high.

6. Early marriage of girls and boys was banned now and age of marriage was fixed by the government.

 

12.What is population growth?

 

ANS: Population growth refers to change in the number of inhabitants of a

country/territory during a specific period of time say during the last 10 years.

Such a change can be expressed in two ways in terms of absolute numbers and in

terms of percentage change per year. Population growth always results due to change in the size of the population. Without a change in population, population growth is not possible. Internal migration does not lead to change in the population growth of the country.

 

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