M.A./M.Sc. (Semester II) (CBCS) Examination Oct/Nov-2017
Geography
POPULATION GEOGRAPHY
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Day Date: Wednesday, 22-11-2017 Max. Marks: 70
Time: 10.30 AM to 01.00 PM
Instructions: All questions are compulsory.
Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary.
Use of stencils is allowed.
Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1 Choose the correct alternative given in the bracket. 07
From 1881 onwards, the census of India has been taken at regular
interval of years
5 7
10 15
2 wrote the first textbook of population Geography in 1965.
Clarke Woods
Zelinsky Larkin
3 The Amezon basins in South America have density of
population due to the hot and wet climate.
Low Medium
High Very high
4 The continent alone contributed more than half of the
world's population.
North America South America
Asia Europe
5 Crude death rate means the number of deaths in a particular year per
of population.
50 100
1000 10,000
6 The optimum population is the one that permit per capita
output.
Lowest Low
High Highest
7 The voluntary sterilization scheme was introduced in in India.
1956 1966
1976 1986
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Fill in the blanks: 07
The data required for the study of population is obtained mainly through
population census, Registration of vital events and
The first census of was taken in 1970.
The tertiary sex ratio means the ratio of the two sexes at the time of

is the most populous country of the world.
The stage of demographic transaction theory is
characterized by low birth rate and low death rate.
birth rate means number of births in a year per thousand
population.
According to Malthus population increases in ratio.
Q.2 Explain the sources of population data. 14
Q.3 Describe the distribution of world population. 14
OR
Critically examine the demographic transaction Theory
Q.4 Write short answers for the following questions (any 14
Explain Malthus Theory of population growth.
Describe population problems in India.
Explain scope of population Geography.
Explain economic factors affecting the distribution of population.
Q.5 Write short Notes (any 14
Under population.
Factors affecting the fertility.
Significance of population Geography.
Growth of world population.