India - Population
Chapter 6
1) What is literacy ?
Ans: Literacy is a very important quality of population ।
2) What is literate ?
Ans: According to the Census 2011, a person aged 7 years and above, who can read and write with understanding in any language, is treated as literate ।
3) What is sex ratio ?
Ans: sex ratio is defined as the number of females per 1000 males in the population ।
4) What is occupational structure ?
Ans: The distribution of the population according to different types of occupation is referred to as the occupational structure ।
5) What is Birth rate ?
Ans: Birth rate is the number of live births per thousand persons in a year।
6) What is Death rate ?
Ans: Death rate is the number of deaths per thousand persons in a year ।
7) What is migration ?
Ans: Migration is the movement of people across regions and territories।
8) Migration can be _______ or _______ ?
Ans: Internal , International ।
9) The magnitude of population growth refers to .
Ans: The number of added each year ।
10) A large proportion of children in a population is a result of .
Ans: High birth rate ।
