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A. Tick (3) the correct option.

1. Sex Ratio is in favour of females in these states?
(a) Kerala (b) Pondicherry (c) Both (a) & b)

2. Low income countries have more children in the age group:
(a) 0-16 years (b) 0-20 years (c) 0-14 years
3. The high-income countries, have high percentage of aged people and only
______________ children.
(a) 30-60 percent (b) 35-40 percent (c) 20-40 percent

4. It means the ability to read, write and understand a message in any known language.
(a) Literacy (b) Pyramid (c) None of these
5. The ______________ is the most densely populated continent of the world.

(a) Asia (b) Africa (c) Australia
6. The population pyramid of ___________ is very wide at the bottom and very narrow at
the top.
(a) Kenya (b) Japan (c) India

B. Distinguish between the following.
1. Favourable and Unfavourable sex ratio.
2. Low income group countries and high income group countries with respect to age
structure and illiteracy of adults.
3. Immigration and emmigration with an example.

4. Positive and negative growth of population.
C. Match the following columns.

Columns A Columns B
1. Low Income Countries (a) India
2. 933 females for every 1000 males (b) U.S.A.
3. More people in 65+ age group (c) Australia

4. Densely populated continent (d) More illiterates
5. Sparsely populated continent (e) Asia

D. Give one reason for each the following.
1. Delhi has a high density of about 9300 persons per sq. km.
2. Death rate in India in post 1980 period has declined.

3. India has unfavourable sex ratio.
4. Rapid growth of population of India after 1980s.
5. Female illiteracy is higher among all countries.

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