MCQ Bank
Occupational specialization became greater with the rise of:
- A) Socialization
- B) Industrialization
- C) Institutionalization
- D) Nationalization
Which one of the following is an estimation of a population for any date within present period?
- A) De-jure
- B) Extrapolation
- C) Interpolation
- D) De-facto
UNICEF estimates that approximately _________ children are currently working, primarily in countries that have few child labor laws.
- A) 550 billion
- B) 150 billion
- C) 550 million
- D) 150 million
In Dalton’s Formula, when M is positive, the country is said to be:
- A) At optimum level
- B) Under transition
- C) Underpopulated
- D) Overpopulated
According to Dr. Canon, Optimum Population Theory has direct relationship between:
- A) Rich and poor of a country
- B) Resources and population of a country
- C) Economics and politics of a country
- D) Resources and opportunities in a country
John Delton was famous for his research in color blindness and:
- A) Nuclear Reactions
- B) Mental Perceptions
- C) Eye Health
- D) Atomic Theory
The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to __________ in 2020.
- A) 5.6 billion
- B) 6.2 billion
- C) 8.7 billion
- D) 7.8 billion
By the Rule of 70, the doubling time (dt) is equal to 70 _________ by the growth rate (r).
- A) Added
- B) Multiplied
- C) Divided
- D) Subtracted
The two greatest producers of climate-changing greenhouse gasses and having low fertility rates are:
- A) Russia and France
- B) United States and India
- C) China and United States
- D) China and Pakistan
The horticultural and pastoral societies are considered more socially diverse as compared to:
- A) Post Industrial
- B) Agrarian
- C) Industrial
- D) Hunting and Gathering
Who among the following coined the term Post-industrialism?
- A) Warren Thompson
- B) Kingsley Davis
- C) Gerhard Lenski
- D) Daniel Bell
Doubling time is the amount of time it takes for a value to ___________ itself at a consistent rate of growth.
- A) Quintuple
- B) Triple
- C) Quadruple
- D) Double
In the _________era, harsh living conditions resulted in extremely high mortality rates and slow growth.
- A) Post-modern
- B) Industrial
- C) Pre-modern
- D) Modern
In Horticulture societies, people developed the use of hand tools to:
- A) Built buildings
- B) Fight wars
- C) Hunt animals
- D) Raise crops
Statistics have shown that in Great Britain _________ of women aged between 16 and 49 used at least one form of contraceptive.
- A) 56%
- B) 76%
- C) 36%
- D) 96%
As worldwide flow of products, people and information links societies, the ______ society is considered at the heart of globalization?
- A) Post-industrial
- B) Industrial
- C) Traditional
- D) Pastoral
As per Lundquist, Anderton and Yaukey, 2015, in the past century ________ people have been added, tripling the world’s population.
- A) 6 billion
- B) 5 billion
- C) 8 billion
- D) 7 billion
All of the following are the weapons used by Hunters and Gatherers societies EXCEPT:
- A) Spear
- B) Bow and arrow
- C) Stone knife
- D) Wooden bullets
Which one of the following terms carry a negative connotation, implying a destructive and devastating event?
- A) Revolution
- B) Explosion
- C) Population
- D) Transition
Which of the following was able to produce better means of producing food, which allowed families to feed more mouths?
- A) Nature
- B) Politics
- C) Sports
- D) Science