Test: The World Population- 1

Due to the availability of flat terrain and other facilities.

The ratio between the number of people to the size of land is the density of population. There are areas with high, medium and low density of population.

The annual population growth rate in India is 1.9 per cent. At this rate India’s population of over 1 billion will double in 36 years.

Political unrest is a part of social and cultural environment. Rest all are the geographical factors.

Around 1750 A.D., at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the world population was 550 million. World population exploded in the eighteenth century after the Industrial Revolution.

Africa has the highest rate of population growth among the continents.

The correct answer is C as per the 2011 Census, GoI, the population density of India in terms of number of persons per square kilometre had reached 382 persons per sq km as compared to 325 persons per sq km in the 2001 Census. This represents a rise by about 57 people per sq km of India on average as compared to the last Census.

The correct answer is D as culture environment includes settlements