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)