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A: Assertion: Increase in the dependency ratio will affect the economy.
R: Reasoning: Medical costs are high when there are more elderly in the population.
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A: Assertion: In the population pyramid, a broad base indicates a high number of children in a country.
R: Reasoning: Broad apex is an indicator of the high number of elderly in a country
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Write a short note on:
Population pyramid and sex ratio.
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Write a short note on:
Occupational structure of a population.
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Write a short note on literacy rate.
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Give a geographical reason:
In developed countries, the percentage of the population engaged in agriculture is low.
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Give a geographical reason:
Literacy rate of a country is an indicator of its socio-economic development.
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Give a geographical reason:
Demographic dividend increases when the proportion of the working population increases.
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Differentiate between:
Expansive population pyramid and Constrictive population pyramid.
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Answer in detail :
Outline the importance of population pyramids in the study of populations.
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Answer in detail:
Explain the rural and urban population structure.
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Broad base with narrowing apex shows that more people die at each higher band. It shows ______.
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Ratio of males and females in the population is ______.
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A person who can write, read and do mathematical calculations in the country is known as ______.
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Complete the chain
| Sr. No. | A | B | C |
| 1. | Expansive age pyramid | Low birth-death rate | High medical expenses |
| 2. | Constrictive age pyramid | Human capital | Unwillingness |
| 3. | Stationery age pyramid | Low number of old people | Demographic dividend |
| 4. | High working population | Problem of subsistence | Developed country |
| 5. | Migration due to drought | High number of old people | Economically backward |
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Complete the chain
| Sr. No. | A | B | C |
| 1. | Class III | Fringe of metro cities | Mumbai |
| 2. | City | 5000 population | Matheran |
| 3. | Class VI | Million city | Wai |
| 4. | Outgrowth of city | 20000 to 50000 population | Suburb of Mumbai |
| 5. | Metropolitan cities | Classification of settlement according to occupation | Very small city |
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Complete the chain
| Sr. No. | A | B | C |
| 1. | Uttarakhand | Physical factor | Regional imbalance |
| 2. | Formal region | Mountainous region | Functional region |
| 3. | Nagpur metro area | Economic factor | Ganga river basin |
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Complete the chain
| Sr. No. | A | B | C |
| 1. | Formal region | Tribal people | Highest population |
| 2. | Refugees | Maximum capital investment | Ganga river basin |
| 3. | Hunting | Physical factor | Tribes of Amazon |
| 4. | India | Skilled base | Forced migration |
| 5. | Small industries | Social problems | Nagpur metro area |
| Monsoon climate region | Pharmaceutical |
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Assertion: In population pyramid, a broad base indicates high number of children in a country.
Reason: Broad apex is an indicator of high number of elderly in a country.
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Assertion: The working population classified according to occupations is known as occupational structure.
Reason: Occupational structure indicates development of a country.
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