World Population Questions and Answers

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and Answers on World Population

Question 1: Which one of the following countries has the largest number of living languages?
a) Central African Republic
b) Vietnam
c) Peru
d) Papua New Guinea

Answer: (d)

Question 2: Which one of the following languages is spoken highest in the world?
a) Arabic
b) Hindi
c) Spanish
d) Portuguese

Answer: (c)

Question 3: Which religion has the largest population in the world?
a) Christianity
b) Islam
c) Hinduism
d) Buddhism

Answer: (a)

Question 4: Which continent of the world has the highest percentage of area under plain?
a) Asia
b) North America
c) Europe
d) Oceania

Answer: (a)

Question 5: The original home of the Gypsies was
a) Egypt
b) Russia
c) India
d) Persia

Answer: (c)

Question 6: “They are people of yellow complexion, oblique eyes, high cheek bones, sparse hair and medium height”. The reference here is to
a) Nordic Aryans
b) Austrics
c) Negroids
d) Mongoloids

Answer: (c)

Question 7: About 50% of the world population is concentrated between the latitudes of
a) 50 degree N and 20 degree N
b) 20 degree N and 40 degree N
c) 40 degree N and 60 degree N
d) 20 degree S and 40 degree S

Answer: (b)

Question 8: A person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin America is called a
a) Mulatto
b) Mestizo
c) Meiji
d) Mau Mau

Answer: (b)

Question 9: Which one of the following countries occupy the first place in the “Global Competitive Report” of World Economic Forum?
a) USA
b) Singapore
c) Hong Kong
d) France

Answer: (b)

Question 10: The high density of population in Nile valley and Islands of Java is primarily due to
a) intensive agriculture
b) industrialisation
c) urbanisation
d) topographic constraints

Answer: (a)

Question 11: Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Apatani : India
b) Dyak : Indonesia
c) Dinka : Sudan
d) Uighur : India

Answer: (d)

Question 12: Berber speaking community, frequently in the news, lives in
a) Afghanistan
b) Algeria
c) Argentina
d) Australia

Answer: (b)

Question 13: Which among the following countries has the highest population?
a) Indonesia
b) Japan
c) Pakistan
d) Sudan

Answer: (a)

Question 14: The Basque people who are frequently in the news for their separatist activity live in
a) France
b) Italy
c) Portugal
d) Spain

Answer: (d)

Question 15: In which one of the following countries, is Tamil a major language?
a) Myanmar
b) Indonesia
c) Mauritius
d) Singapore

Answer: (d)

Question 16: In which one of the following countries, Spanish is not an official language?
a) Chile
b) Colombia
c) Republic of Congo
d) Cuba

Answer: (c)

Question 17: Dry point settlements are common in
a) Deserts
b) Plateaus
c) Mountain regions
d) Deltas

Answer: (d)

Question 18: What approximate percentage of world’s population lives in Asia?
a) 30%
b) 35%
c) 45%
d) More than 50%

Answer: (d)

Question 19: The Red Indians belong to the
a) Mongolian race
b) Caucasoid race
c) Australoid race
d) Negrito race

Answer: (a)

Question 20: The term ‘demographic gap’ signifies the difference
a) in sex ratio
b) in age
c) in child/woman ratio
d) between the birth and death rate

Answer: (d)

Question 21: Which one of the following tribes is not related to India?
a) Apatani
b) Jarawa
c) Masai
d) Santhal

Answer: (c)

Question 22: The largest number of tribal group live in
a) Uganda
b) Tanzania
c) South Africa
d) Nigeria

Answer: (b)

Question 23: South-West Asia is inhabited chiefly by
a) Caucasians
b) Mongoloids
c) Negroes
d) Red Indians

Answer: (a)

Question 24: The most densely populated African country is
a) Sudan
b) Egypt
c) Libya
d) Uganda

Answer: (d)

Question 25: The largest religious system in the world in both geographical extent and number of adherents is
a) Christianity
b) Islam
c) Hinduism
d) Buddhism

Answer: (a)

Question 26: The highest growth rate of population is found in
a) India
b) Malaysia
c) Bangladesh
d) Sri Lanka

Answer: (c)

Question 27: Which one of the following does not represent the primitive gathering in the high latitudes?
a) Yukaghirs
b) yabgans
c) Eskimos
d) Auca Indians

Answer: (d)

Question 28: Approximately one-half of the world population lives in
a) East Asia and Europe
b) Europe and Eastern-North America
c) Southern and South-East Asia
d) East and South Asia

Answer: (d)

Question 29: Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Flemish : Belgium
b) Basque : Japan
c) Ainu : North Japan
d) Swahili : Kenya

Answer: (b)

Question 30: The term ‘occidental’ relates to the culture of
a) South-East Asia
b) North Western Europe
c) Middle East
d) Africa

Answer: (b)

Question 31: Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Semang : Malaysia
b) Hottentots : Kalahari
c) Polynesian : Hawaii
d) Nordic : Africa

Answer: (d)

Question 32: Maximum human population belongs to the
a) Caucasians
b) Mongoloids
c) Negroids
d) Australoids

Answer: (a)

Question 33: Xanthoderons is the term of skin applied to
a) Caucasian race
b) Mongoloid race
c) Negroid race
d) Australoid race

Answer: (b)

Question 34: Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Masai : East Africa
b) Berbers : NW Africa
c) Red Indians : Asia
d) Kirghiz : Asia

Answer: (c)

Question 35: Where does the ethnic group called Dayak live?
a) Bali
b) Borneo
c) Tenggara Sunda Islands
d) West Timor

Answer: (b)

Question 36: Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Bushmen : Amazon Basin
b) Bedouin : Arabia
c) Eskimo : Greenland
d) Semang : Malaysia

Answer: (a)

Question 37: Which one of the following is the aboriginal tribe of Malaysia?
a) Ainu
b) Phula
c) Sakai
d) Onge

Answer: (c)

Question 38: Which one of the following ethnic groups does not belong to Mongoloids?
a) The Yakuts
b) The Samoyeds
c) The Red Indians
d) The Bantus

Answer: (d)

Question 39: Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Inuit : Northern Canada
b) Bantu : Central Asia
c) Shompen : Nicobar Islands
d) Chukchi : America

Answer: (d)

Question 40: The Semitic people belong to the
a) Caucasoid race
b) Mongoloid race
c) Negroid race
d) Australoid race

Answer: (a)

Question 41: Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Chukchi : Russia
b) Dayak : Indonesia
c) Lacandon : Mexico
d) Lese : India

Answer: (d)

Question 42: What does Caribou provide?
a) Meat and Skin
b) Meat, milk and non-shrinkable wool
c) Meat and Fur
d) Meat and blubber for fuel

Answer: (c)

Question 43: Which of the following tribes is/are nomadic herders?
a) Masai
b) Kirghiz
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of these

Answer: (c)

Question 44: Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Babinga : Zaire
b) Coola : Canada
c) Oromo : Zaire
d) Tswa : Angola

Answer: (c)

Question 45: Among the following continents, which one has the lowest growth rate population?
a) North America
b) South America
c) Australia
d) Europe

Answer: (d)

Question 46: Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Hottentot : America
b) Inuit : Canada
c) Berber : Libya
d) Yakut : Siberia

Answer: (a)

Question 47: Which one of the following stages indicates the initiation of population explosion in the demographic transition?
a) Stage I
b) Stage II
c) Stage III
d) Stage IV

Answer: (b)

Question 48: Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Jarawa : Food gathering
b) Todas : Pastoral
c) Angami : Terraced cultivation
d) Saura : Terraced cultivation

Answer: (d)

Question 49: Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a) In Macedonia, ethnic Albanians are a minority.
b) In Kosovo, Serbians are a majority.
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of these

Answer: (c)

Question 50: Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a) English and French languages are the major Canadian languages.
b) The literacy rate of Canada is universal.
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of these

Answer: (c)