I. Write the correct answers to the following questions in brackets :
Question 1.
Which district has the minimum sex ratio in Rajasthan?
(a) Kota
(b) Dholpur
(c) Jodhpur
(d) Alwar
Answer:
(b) Dholpur
Question 2.
The least densely populated physical region of Rajasthan is:
(a) Eastern Plains
(b) Desert Region
(c) Hadauti Plateau
(d) Aravali Mountain Ranges
Answer:
(b) Desert Region
II. Very Short Answer Type Questions :
Question 1.
Write the names of the districts with highest and least literacy in Rajasthan.
Answer:
In Rajasthan, Kota is the highest with 76.6 percent and Jalore is the district with the lowest literacy with 54.9 percent.
Question 2.
Which district has the highest urban population in Rajasthan?
Answer:
Kota district has the highest urban population in Rajasthan.
III. Short Answer Type Questions :
Question 1.
Explain the regional distribution of population in Rajasthan.
Answer:
The distribution of population in Rajasthan is uneven as-
Question 2.
Write a comment on the tribes of Rajasthan.
Answer:
Tribes of Rajasthan :
Objective Type Questions :
Question 1.
Which district of Rajasthan has the highest population density?
(a) Jaisalmer
(b) Jaipur
(c) Jodhpur
(d) Kota
Answer:
(b) Jaipur
Question 2.
Rajasthan has the highest sex ratio district in:
(a) Dholpur
(b) Bharatpur
(c) Dungarpur
(d) Jaipur
Answer:
(c) Dungarpur
Question 3.
Rajasthan has the lowest literacy district in:
(a) Jalore
(b) Kota
(c) Jaisalmer
(d) Jodhpur
Answer:
(a) Jalore
Question 4.
The female literacy rate in Rajasthan is:
(a) 66.10%
(b) 54.9 %
(c) 79.10%
(d) 52.12%
Answer:
(d) 52.12%
Question 5.
Rajasthan has the least population in :
(a) Kota District
(b) Dungarpur District
(c) Jaipur District
(d) Alwar District
Answer:
(b) Dungarpur District
Question 6.
In which district is the Sansi tribe found in Rajasthan?
(a) In Jaipur District
(b) In Sirohi District
(c) In Bharatpur District
(d) In Alwar District
Answer:
(c) In Bharatpur District
Fill in the blanks :
Question 1.
The name of your district is ____________ and its population growth rate is ____________ percent.
Answer:
Barmer, 32.5
Question 2.
The name of your district is ____________ and its population density is ____________
Answer:
Banner, 92
Question 3.
The name of your district is ____________ and its sex ratio ____________
Answer:
Barmer, 902
Question 4.
The name of your district is ____________ and its literacy rate is ____________
Answer:
Barmer, 56.5
Question 5.
In 2011, the population growth rate of Rajasthan state has been found to be ____________
Answer:
21.31%
Very Short Answer Type Questions :
Question 1.
Name the districts with highest and lowest population growth rate in Rajasthan.
Answer:
Rajasthan has the highest population growth rate (32.5 %) in 2011 in Barmer district and lowest (10.0 %) in Ganganagar district.
Question 2.
Write the names of the districts with highest and lowest density in Rajasthan.
Answer:
Rajasthan has the highest population density in Jaipur district and lowest in Jaisalmer district.
Question 3.
Write the names of the districts with the highest and least sex ratio in Rajasthan.
Answer:
The highest sex ratio in Rajasthan is in Dungarpur (994) district and lowest (846) in Dholpur district.
Question 4.
Which district has the highest rural population in Rajasthan?
Answer:
The highest rural population in Rajasthan is found in Dungarpur district.
Question 5.
What percentage of the population of the state of Rajasthan belongs to the scheduled tribes?
Answer:
In Rajasthan, 13.5 % of the population belongs to the scheduled tribes.
Question 6.
Which tribe has the highest population in Rajasthan?
Answer:
Meena tribe has the highest population in Rajasthan.
Question 7.
In which districts does the Bheel tribe live?
Answer:
The Bheel tribe mainly resides in Banswara, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh, and Sirohi districts.
Question 8.
Which tribe of Rajasthan has been included in the list of primitive tribe group by Government of India?
Answer:
The Saharia tribe of Rajasthan has been included in the list of primitive tribe group by Government of India.
Short Answer Type Questions :
Question 1.
What do you understand by population change? Explain the positive and negative growth of population.
Answer:
Question 2.
What does population change of Rajasthan state indicate?
Answer:
Rajasthan’s population is growing continuously, which indicates high growth rate. The growth rate of the state’s population was 21.31 % in year 2011.
Question 3.
What do you mean by population density? What is the population density in Rajasthan?
Answer:
Population density refers to the number of persons residing on the area of a place (generally per square kilometer). The population density in Rajasthan is 200 persons per square kilometer, that is, on an average 200 people reside in Rajasthan per square kilometer area.
Question 4.
Why there is low density in western Rajasthan?
Answer:
Most of western Rajasthan is desert. Due to difficult geographical conditions and lack of basic facilities, the population density is low.
Question 5.
Why population density is higher in the plains of Rajasthan?
Answer:
The density of population in the plains districts of Rajasthan is 332 persons per sq km, which is the highest in the state. The reasons for the high density of population are:
Question 6.
What is the sex ratio? What is the sex ratio in Rajasthan?
Answer:
Question 7.
Which condition of society does sex- ratio indicate?
Answer:
Sex ratio tells us about the status of women in society. If the condition of women in the society is good and they are respected, the sex ratio will be high and in that society or state and the sex ratio will be low where the condition of women will be low.
Question 8.
What does literacy rate mean? What does this indicate?
Answer:
Literacy Rate: Literacy rate of any state or region is the total percent of population who can read and write.
The socio-economic status of any region is also known by the literacy rate of the population.
Question 9.
Write a brief comment on the literacy of the state of Rajasthan.
Answer:
Literacy.in Rajasthan: According to the 2011 census, the total literacy of the state of Rajasthan is 66.11 %. Kota State is the highest literacy district with 76.6 percent whereas Jalore has the lowest literacy which is 59.9 %.
The literacy .rate among men in Rajasthan is 79.19 percent. While the female literacy rate is 52.12 %. Male and female literacy is highest in Jhunjhimu and Kota respectively and lowest in Pratapgarh and Jalore respectively.
Question 10.
Write a brief comment on the rural and urban population in Rajasthan.
Answer:
Rural and urban population in Rajasthan:
Question 11.
Write a comment on the major tribe of the state.
Answer:
The main tribes of the state are Meena, Bheel, Damor, Sansi, Garasiya and Saharia.
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