Test: Human Resources - 1 - UPSC MCQ

Areas with accessible fresh water are densely populated due to:

Fertile soils and availability of water for daily needs: Fresh water is crucial for agriculture, which requires fertile soils and irrigation. This supports food production, attracting settlements.

Water is essential for drinking, sanitation, and industrial use, making these areas suitable for sustaining large populations.

Historical settlement patterns show civilizations thrive near water sources due to these advantages, leading to increased population density

• Population composition refers to the structure of the population, which includes things like age, sex, literacy level, health condition, occupation, and income level. It's like looking at how many boys and girls are there, how old they are, and what they do. This helps us understand more about the people who live in a place.

• False! Plains are preferred over mountains for farming and manufacturing because they are more suitable for these activities.
• Plains have flat lands which make it easier to grow crops and build factories.
• Mountains, on the other hand, have rough and steep terrains, making it difficult to farm and set up industries.

More than 90 per cent of the world’s population lives in about 30 per cent of the land surface. The distribution of population in the world is extremely uneven. (NCERT page 45)

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

In an organisation initiating career planning, the career path model would essentially form the basis for Placement, Transfer and Rotation.

As human resources are unlimited resources they change in numbers as well as they have different characteristics.

Asia is the most populous continent, with its 4.54 billion inhabitants accounting for 60% of the world population. The world's two most populated countries, China and India, together constitute about 36% of the world's population.