Practice Test


Q1) The population of Homo sapiens was 453 millions in: Show Answer


Q2) The average annual birth rate per 1000 individuals in developing conuntries is: Show Answer


Q3) Causes of uneven distribution of world's population in various regions may be due to: Show Answer


Q4) Major area of population concentration in the world are: Show Answer


Q5) Density of a population in a given country is obtained by: Show Answer


Q6) The population density of Netherland is higher than that of India because of: Show Answer


Q7) High population concentration of India is due to the: Show Answer


Q8) Very dense population of Indo-Gangetic plains is due to the: Show Answer


Q9) Some densely populated cities like Durgapur and Bhilai came up recently as a result of: Show Answer


Q10) Most of the world's largest cities are found at the coastal locations primarily due to the: Show Answer


Q11) Demography is the study of: Show Answer


Q12) The term biotic potential means: Show Answer


Q13) Basic cause of continued urban growth is due to the: Show Answer


Q14) Increasing urbanization causes: Show Answer


Q15) The biosphere consists of interaction ecological functional units called: Show Answer


Q16) Agriculture and urbanization are two examples of man's capacity to create new: Show Answer


Q17) Middle phase of population growth curve is a phase of: Show Answer


Q18) A population can growth exponentially: Show Answer


Q19) The best way to decrease population of a country is: Show Answer


Q20) The main factor for the growth of human population in India is: Show Answer


Q21) The prenatal diagnostic technique is known as: Show Answer


Q22) At the current rate of growth, human population is doubling itself every: Show Answer


Q23) The carrying capacity is represented by: Show Answer


Q24) What is popular name of IVF? Show Answer


Q25) Most thickly populated country of the world is: Show Answer


Q26) Most thinly populated country of the world is: Show Answer


Q27) Most thickly populated state of India is: Show Answer


Q28) The environmental resistance means: Show Answer


Q29) Fertilization of ovum may be prevented by: Show Answer


Q30) Which of biologically responsible for the sex of the child? Show Answer


Q31) A contraceptive pill contains: Show Answer


Q32) According to 1991 census human population was: Show Answer


Q33) A contraceptive pill prevents ovulation by: Show Answer


Q34) Which mechanical device to control child birth is fitted on the cervix? Show Answer


Q35) Laparoscopy means: Show Answer


Q36) Mothers nurse the foetus in womb for: Show Answer


Q37) According to 1991 census, urban population of India is about: Show Answer


Q38) At present world population is increasing at the rate of: Show Answer


Q39) Rapid decline in a population due to high mortality rate is: Show Answer


Q40) Growth of population of an area depends upon: Show Answer


Q41) The physiological capacity of a species of animals to produce that progeny in the absence of natural enemies, disease or other inhibiting factors is: Show Answer


Q42) The concept that "population tends to increase geometrically while food supply increase arithmetically" was put forward by: Show Answer


Q43) In India, human population is heavily weighed towards the younger age groups as a result of: Show Answer


Q44) Which mechanical means is used to cover the penis before coital activity? Show Answer


Q45) The best way to control population is: Show Answer


Q46) An IUCD is: Show Answer


Q47) Surgical removal of testes of males to control the population is: Show Answer


Q48) A permanent method of birth control is: Show Answer


Q49) Saheli, a female antifertility pill is used: Show Answer


Q50) Which of the following is 100% effective method of birth control? Show Answer


Q51) In the past, to control population, Family Planning Department has been advocating: Show Answer


Q52) Government-sponsored "Family Planning Programme" started in: Show Answer


Q53) Chemical method of birth control involves the use of: Show Answer


Q54) A contraceptive can be: Show Answer


Q55) Which of the following is a mechanical device of birth control? Show Answer


Q56) A sterilization technique is: Show Answer


Q57) In 1991, India population was: Show Answer


Q58) The 1991 census of population in India indicates: Show Answer


Q59) In India, marriageable age for females is: Show Answer


Q60) Which of the following is involved in test-tube baby production? Show Answer


Q61) Amniocentesis can reveal foetus's: Show Answer


Q62) In amniocentesis: Show Answer


Q63) Which of the following is pre-natal diagnostic technique? Show Answer


Q64) Test-tube baby is the one: Show Answer


Q65) Pre-natal defects in the foetus can be detected by: Show Answer


Q66) In India there is decline in female population as compared to males. This is because of: Show Answer


Q67) Which of the following causes the storage of fat in the liver? Show Answer


Q68) Depression in the activities of central nervous system may be caused by: Show Answer


Q69) Which of the follwing is not a derivative of opium? Show Answer


Q70) Which of the following is not obtained from Cannabis indica? Show Answer


Q71) The drug extracted from Ergot fungus is: Show Answer


Q72) Which of the following drugs is responsible for production of an abnormal foetus? Show Answer


Q73) Consumption of alcohol causes: Show Answer


Q74) LSD is obtained from: Show Answer


Q75) Morphine is obtained from: Show Answer


Q76) Barbiturates and Valium are: Show Answer


Q77) Which of the following is most harmful derivative of opium? Show Answer


Q78) Tobacco smoke contains: Show Answer


Q79) Neuritis is an inflammation of: Show Answer


Q80) Mental health is influenced by: Show Answer


Q81) Barbitrurates are extensively used as: Show Answer


Q82) The most important organ damaged by alcohol is: Show Answer


Q83) A severe type of mental illness in which patients lose touch with reality is known as: Show Answer


Q84) Bhang, charas, marijuana and hashish are obtained from: Show Answer


Q85) The continuous and excessive intake of alcohol causes: Show Answer


Q86) Which of the following diseases are included under global immunisation programme launched by WHO? Show Answer


Q87) Which of the following compounds can alter a person's thoughts, feelings and perceptions? Show Answer


Q88) Seizure is condition of: Show Answer


Q89) Paralysis agitans was discovered by: Show Answer


Q90) ECT is: Show Answer


Q91) Mental diseases can be treated by: Show Answer


Q92) The universal immunisation programme was launched in: Show Answer


Q93) Global Immunisation Programme was started in: Show Answer


Q94) Project Pulse Polio is concerned with: Show Answer


Q95) Any drug which is taken intravenously is called: Show Answer


Q96) Select the vitamin deficiency reported in an alcoholic: Show Answer


Q97) Ciliotoxin present in tobacco smoke is: Show Answer


Q98) Most serious form of mental illness is: Show Answer


Q99) Nicotine derived from tobacco plant is: Show Answer


Q100) Any chemical which causes loss of sensation is: Show Answer


Q101) Tobacco smoke causes inflammation of lung alveoli and causes: Show Answer


Q102) In an alcoholic, urine is generally: Show Answer


Q103) Which of the following chemicals is derived from urea melonic acid and used in inducing sleep? Show Answer


Q104) Select the correct statement from the ones gives below: Show Answer


Q105) Which of the following does not directly affect biotic potential? Show Answer


Q106) Woman plays a greater role in procreaction than man (woman is biologically superior to man) because she: Show Answer


Q107) "Brown sugar is the commonly used name for": Show Answer


Q108) The source of morphine is: Show Answer


Q109) BCG vaccine is against: Show Answer


Q110) Parkinsonism is due to defective neurotransmitter in brain: Show Answer


Q111) Which one of the following is correct match: Show Answer


Q112) GIFT is: Show Answer


Q113) Drug thalidomide result in: Show Answer


Q114) LSD is: Show Answer


Q115) THC is associated with: Show Answer


Q116) Marijuana is extracted from: Show Answer


Q117) In the production of test tube babies: Show Answer


Q118) Two opposite foreces operate in the growth and development of every population. One of them relates to the ability to reproduce at a given rate. The force opposing it is called: Show Answer


Q119) Which one of the following matching part of a drug and its category? Show Answer


Q120) Test tube baby means a baby born when: Show Answer


Q121) July 11 is observed as: Show Answer


Q122) The first case of IVF-ET technique success, was reported by: Show Answer


Q123) Loss of forests, urbanization and increasing pollution are due to: Show Answer


Q124) Ability of produce maximum offsprings is: Show Answer


Q125) One of the following is also called 'Sewall Wright' effect: Show Answer


Q126) Which of the following is a mechanical barrier used in birth control: Show Answer


Q127) Certain characteristic demographic features of developing countries are: Show Answer


Q128) Which one of the following depresses brain activity and produces feelings of calmness, relaxation and drowsiness? Show Answer


Q129) Who stated that human population grows geometrically? Show Answer


Q130) In 2003 population of India is expected to cross: Show Answer


Q131) Female infanticide is commonly reported from: Show Answer


Q132) In a population, the condition at which the rate of addition of new members is more than the rate of individuals lost indicates: Show Answer


Q133) Ratio between mortality and natality is: Show Answer


Q134) Which of the following is a technique of direct introduction of gametes into the oviduct? Show Answer


Q135) Zero growth means: Show Answer


Q136) The physiological capacity to produce offsprings is called: Show Answer


Q137) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Show Answer


Q138) Which one of the following is a matching pair of a drug and its category? Show Answer


Q139) Aspirin is a / an: Show Answer


Q140) A young drug addict used to show symptoms of depressed brain activity, feeling of calmness, relaxation and drowsiness. Possibly he was taking: Show Answer


Q141) Natality is the characteristic of a population which means: Show Answer


Q142) If birth rate is 100, death rate is 10 and number of individual in populataion group is 1000, then what will be the percentage of natural growth rate? Show Answer


Q143) In which of the following disorder, person will become hypersensitive about one's look? Show Answer


Q144) Neurasthenia refers to: Show Answer


Q145) Diacetyl morphine is commonly known as: Show Answer


Q146) Homo sapiens sapiens appeared around fifty thousand years ago from archaic Homo sapiens that existed between: Show Answer


Q147) What was approximate human population in 1700 AD? Show Answer


Q148) The maximum population size that can be supported by environment is called maximum carrying capacity. It depends upon: Show Answer


Q149) The development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is termed sustainable development. It encourages: Show Answer


Q150) Average annual growth rate (in per cent) is calculated as: Show Answer


Q151) What is the current rate of growth for India? Show Answer


Q152) Which of the following is most populous country? Show Answer


Q153) The difference between the number of birth and that of death is the: Show Answer


Q154) First human population explosion took place due to: Show Answer


Q155) Complications of pregnancy, child birth and unsafe abortions are the major causes of death of women between the age of: Show Answer


Q156) Adolescence is marked by: Show Answer


Q157) Adolescents, especially late developers, often suffer from anxiety and a psychosomatic disorder called: Show Answer


Q158) Which of the following is a psychological disorder? Show Answer


Q159) Schizophrenia is characterised by: Show Answer


Q160) Interaction of alcohol and aspirin if consumed together is: Show Answer


Q161) Opiate narcotics are used for: Show Answer


Q162) Drug which induce to dreamy state of consciousness is: Show Answer


Q163) Our growth rate has increased dramatically, which is most appropriate explanation? Show Answer


Q164) Which of the following is most well known synthetic teratogen? Show Answer