POPULATION COMPOSITION

FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

POPULATION COMPOSITION

1.     Define sex ratio. How it is measured?

2.     Why sex ratio is unfavorable to women in India and other Asian countries?OR

Why is sex ratio imbalanced in the world?  OR

On which grounds does discrimination between men and women take place in our society?

3.     How natural advantage is cancelled out by social disadvantage?

4.     Explain the spatial variation in sex ration over the world.

5.     Define age structure. What is the significance of age structure? 

6.     What is age-sex pyramid? Explain the three major types of age-sex pyramid with the help of suitable diagram. OR

“The shape of the population pyramid reflects the characteristics of the population”. Explain the statement with suitable examples.

7.     What is ageing population?

8.     Describe the rural- urban composition of the population. Why it is different in developing and developed countries? OR

Explain the demographic differences between rural and urban areas.

9.     What is literacy rate? How it is indicator of socio-economic development? 

10.                         Discuss the occupational structure of population? 

11.                        Explain the inter link between population and development.