world human geography section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 1

The following Gulf countries have largest Indian communities

a) Kuwait

b) Saudi Arabia

c) Oman

d) Iraq

Answer: (d)

Question : 2 [NDA/NA 2014-I]

Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

List I List II
(Region) (Characteristic vegetation)
A. Selvas 1. Tropophytes
B. Savanna 2. Mosses and lichens
C. Tundra 3. Epiphytes
D. Monsoon land 4. Grasses and trees
Codes: A B C D

a) 1 2 4 3

b) 3 2 4 1

c) 1 4 2 3

d) 3 4 2 1

Answer: (c)

  1. Selvas - Tropophytes
  2. Savanna - Grasses and Trees
  3. Tundra - Mosses and Lichens
  4. Monsoon land - Epiphytes

Question : 3

The percentage of forest cover is the highest in

a) North America

b) Africa

c) Asia

d) South America

Answer: (d)

Forest cover of Europe>South America>N & C Africa>Africa> Asia>Oceania

Question : 4 [UGC (Geog) 2016]

The second doubling period of world’s human population was between which of the following time slabs?

a) 1850 – 1930

b) 1650 – 1850

c) 1750 – 1950

d) 1850 – 1950

Answer: (a)

World’s population was 500 million by 1650 and in 1850 it was estimated to be 1000 million. The period from 1650 to 1850 was the first phase of doubling the world’s population, from 1850 to 1930, the world population doubled again

i.e., from 1000 million to 2000 million. It is the second phase of doubling the world’s population.

Question : 5

In the Indian context, the term ‘De-notified tribes’ refers to :

a) tribes practising shifting cultivation

b) tribes which are aboriginals

c) nomadic tribes

d) tribes which were earlier classified as criminal tribes

Answer: (d)

Denotified tribe in India refers to the tribes who where originally listed under the originally trible act of 1871. They are also known as Vimukta Jati.

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