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Question : 46

Which of the following is/are the stage(s) of demographic transition?

  1. High death rate and birth rate, low growth rate.
  2. Rapid decline in death rate, continued low birth rate, very low growth rate.
  3. Rapid decline in birth rate, continued decline in death rate
  4. Low death rate and birth rate, low growth rate.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

a) 1, 2 and 3

b) 3 and 4

c) Only 1

d) 1 and 4

Answer: (d)

Demographic transition (DT) refers to the transition from high birth and death rates to lower birth and death rates as a country or region develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system.

The theory was proposed in 1929 by the American demographer Warren Thompson, who observed changes, or transitions, in birth and death rates in industrialized societies over the previous 200 years.

Most developed countries have completed the demographic transition and have low birth rates; most developing countries are in the process of this transition.

Question : 47

Which one the following port cities in Venezuela has been developed as an oil port?

a) Maracaibo

b) Maracay

c) Caracas

d) Carupano

Answer: (a)

Maracaibo is an oil-port of Venezuela as it has oil rich basis.

Question : 48 [SSC GL 2013]

Ports of the Baltic Sea remain open for trade even during winter because

a) North Atlantic Drift, a warm ocean current flows in the region.

b) Local winds keep it warm.

c) It lies in the tropical belt.

d) Western disturbances cause abrupt rise in the temperature.

Answer: (a)

It is due to the North Atlantic Drift which is a warm water ocean current, an extension of the Gulf Stream. This current keep the ports along the coasts warm enough to stay open year around.

Question : 49 [UPPCS (Pre) 1990]

Which city is an important centre for cotton textile industry?

a) Bern

b) Osaka

c) Sheffield

d) Johannesburg

Answer: (b)

Question : 50 [SSC CHSL 2014]

Which of the following is the world’s largest mining port ?

a) Hamilton

b) Hedland

c) Nhavasheva

d) Pardon

Answer: (b)

Port Hedland in Western Australia is the world’s largest mining port. It is one of the largest iron ore loading ports in the world and the largest in Australia. It is also the busiest bulk export ports in the world.

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