NIOS Class 12 Geography Chapter 22 Population Composition

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NIOS Class 12 Geography Chapter 22 Population Composition

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Population Composition

Chapter: 22

MODULE – 9: Human Resource Development in India

INTEXT QUESTIONS 22.1

1. Fill in the blanks with suitable words from those given in the bracket.

(Secondary and tertiary, increasing, 53, lower, primary)

(a) The growth rate of rural population is __________ than the growth rate of urban population in India.

Ans: Lower.

(b) The rural population is mainly engaged in ___________ activities whereas the urban population is primarily engaged in __________ activities.

Ans: Primary, secondary and tertiary.

(c) Proportion of urban population has been ___________ since 1921.

Ans: Increasing.

(d) Altogether there are __________ “million cities”.

Ans: 53

INTEXT QUESTIONS 22.2

Answers the following questions in brief:

(a) Name the state having the highest sex ratio in India.

Ans: Kerala.

(b) Name the state having lowest sex ratio in India.

Ans: Haryana.

(c) What is the sex ratio of India according to Census of India, 2011?

Ans: 943.

(d) Define sex ratio.

Ans: It refers to the number of females per thousand males in an area.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 22.3

1. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words out of those given in the brackets:

(a) One of the languages belonging to the Austric Family of languages is __________. (Santhali, Hindi, Bengali)

Ans: Santhali.

(b) Hindi is a languages belonging to the __________ family of languages. (Dravidian, Aryan, Austric)

Ans: Aryan.

(c) Speakers of Austric languages are concentrated primarily in ____________. (tribal areas of central India, western Himalayas, Konkan region)

Ans: Tribal areas of central India.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 22.4

1. In which part of India do most of the Zoroastrians live?

Ans: In and around Mumbai..

2. In which states do most of the Indian Christians live?

Ans: TamilNadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh & North-East region.

3. Name one state having a large concentration of Muslim population of India.

Ans: Uttar Pradesh.

4. In which states of India do most of the Indian Buddhists live?

Ans: Maharashtra & Arunachal Pradesh.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 22.5

1. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words out of those given in brackets.

(a) One of the areas of large concentration of tribal population in India is __________________. (Punjab, Haryana, Jharkhand)

Ans: Jharkhand.

(b) Scheduled castes population constitute the most significant proportion of the total population in the state of ____________________. (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab)

Ans: Punjab.

(c) According to the census of India 2011, the average literacy rate of India is ___________ percent. (65.38, 74.04, 68.01)

Ans: 74.04 

2. Name any two programmes taken by Government of India to increase literacy rate.

Ans: National Literacy Mission, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, New India Literacy Programme etc.

3. Which state having highest literacy among both males and females?

Ans: Kerala.