A. birthrate
B. fertility rate
C. population pyramid
D. population growth rate
Miscellaneous Economics Mcqs
Which subject is NOT studied by demography ?
A. Birthrates death rates sex rates
B. Age groups marriage incidence divorce frequency
C. Human mobility
D. Rock forming land shaping soil forming
Demographers believe that……………?
A. the demographic transition represents a general pattern
B. Western societies are doomed to extinction
C. the underdeveloped nations must increase their birthrate
D. population grows in inverse proportion to food production
Birthrates…………….?
A. generally correspond to population density
B. are low in Western Europe and Japan
C. are high in Arabia and interior African
D. are low BOTH in Western Europe and Japan and high in Arabia and Africa
Urban families everywhere in the world……………..?
A. follow the dictates of religion and culture
B. voluntarily curb their fertility
C. have attained zero population growth
D. willingly accept governmental family planning
The real problem in population growth is…………….?
A. sheer numbers
B. uneven density of population
C. population growth presents no problem
D. that most societies have a fertility rate
Population density…………….?
A. always relates to birthrates
B. is low in Japan
C. is low in Western Europe
D. is high in industrial areas
The highest birthrates today are found in…………….?
A. highly developed nations
B. the underdeveloped nations
C. Japan
D. Western Europe
Thomas Malthus sated that…………….?
A. fodd increases in a geometric progression
B. population grow in arithmetic progression
C. populations increase in geometric progression
D. population growth is a matter of algebra not geometry or arithmetic
The stages of the demographic transition model are……………..?
A. high births high death rates
B. low death rates high birthrates
C. low birth rates low death rates
D. all of the above