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A. Tick (3) the right option :

1. The least crowded continent is ____________ .
(a) Asia (b) Europe (c) America
2. A literate person means who ____________ .
(a) can read and write two languages
(b) can read and write a simple text

(c) has passed graduation
3. The number of deaths per thousand people in a year is called the ____________ .
(a) death rate (b) birth rate (c) none of these
4. When the number of females is less than the number of males, it is called ____________ ratio.
(a) favourable (b) adverse (c) none of these

5. Sex ratio means the number of females per ____________ males in a population.
(a) hundred (b) thousand (c) ten thousand
6. When a girl child is killed after birth, it is called ____________ .
(a) female infanticide (b) female foeticide (c) none of these
7. Minerals have always attracted human ____________ .

(a) skills (b) concentration (c) both of these
8. The second age group (15-64) is known as the ____________ .
(a) senior citizen (b) old age group (c) working population

B. Fill in the blanks :
1. In 2011, the sex ratio of India was ____________ females per 1000 males.
2. ____________ percent of the people live in the Northern Hemisphere.
3. The fertile river valleys generally have a very ____________ density of population.

4. The most significant low-populated areas are hot deserts, ____________ and ____________ areas.
5. In favourable sex ratio, the number of ____________ is more than the number of ____________ .
6. Sahara and Kalahari deserts are in ____________ .

C. Write short notes on the following :
1. Natural growth of population
2. Density of population
3. Sex ratio
4. Birth rate and death rate

5. Literacy
6. Age structure

D. Answer in one word or phrase :
1. How is the density of population measured?
2. What was India’s literacy rate in 2011?
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