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प्रश्न
Which states have a large rural population in India? Give one reason for such a large rural population.
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उत्तर
States of Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, U.P., Bihar, and Sikkim have a very high percentage of the rural population. The reason for the high rural population is that these areas are the ones with low levels of economic, social development and hence low level of infrastructural development, which tend to inhibit the process of urbanization. Also with sluggish growth people tend to be concentrated in the field of primary activities, therefore.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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.
Write a short note on:
Occupational structure of a population.
Write a short note on literacy rate.
Ratio of males and females in the population is ______.
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 |
Assertion: The working population classified according to occupations is known as occupational structure.
Reason: Occupational structure indicates development of a country.
Identify the incorrect factor:
Regions having sex ratio more than one thousand.
Write short note
Rural-urban structure of population
Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
Which regions have an unfavorable sex ratio towards women?
Which country has the highest sex ratio in the world?
Divide population based on the place of residence.
What do you mean by natural advantage and social disadvantage?
What was the percentage of urban population in the world in 2011?
Name the country where sex ratio is most unfavourable to women in the world.
Why is sex ratio in some European countries recorded favourable to females? Give one reason.
Which state has the lowest literacy rate?
Broad base of age-sex pyramid refers to ______.
Expanding population pyranrd shows.
Table: India-Class-wise number of towns and cities and their population, 2011
| Class | Population Size | Number of Cities | Total Urban Population (in thousands) | % of Total Urban Population |
| I | 1,00,000 & more | 568 | 2,27,899 | 60-45 |
| II | 50,000-99,999 | 474 | 41,328 | 10-96 |
| III | 20,000-49,999 | 1,373 | 58,174 | 15-43 |
| IV | 10,000-19,999 | 1,683 | 31,866 | 8-45 |
| V | 5,000-9,999 | 1,749 | 15,883 | 4-21 |
| VI | less than 5,000 | 424 | 1,956 | 0-52 |
Source: Census of India-2011 and India 2017, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.
Which class town has the minimum urban population?
Which one of the following figures represents the wo~king age group of the population? (in years)
The highest sex ratio is found in:
The sex ratio in a country can be expressed as which of the following?
What does the high proportion of young population implies?
Which type of population pyramid shows a bell shape?
Mining is a ______.
Arrange according to increase in age :
- Adults
- Children
- Old people
- Young people
"India is a land of linguistic diversity." Support the statement.
Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
