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| 201. |
The disease which wiped out 33% of population of Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries was |
| A. | Cholera |
| B. | Meningitis |
| C. | Plague |
| D. | Diphtheria |
| Answer» C. Plague | |
| 202. |
A human population is small, there is greater chance of |
| A. | Mutation |
| B. | Gene flow |
| C. | Genetic drift |
| D. | Natural selection |
| Answer» C. Genetic drift | |
| 203. |
Which of the following is a problem not associated with population growth? |
| A. | Increased resource consumption |
| B. | Environmental pollution |
| C. | Food and energy shortages |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 204. |
Unrestricted reproductive capacity, in a population, is called |
| A. | Birth rate |
| B. | Carrying capacity |
| C. | Fertility rate |
| D. | Biotic potential |
| Answer» D. Biotic potential | |
| 205. |
The concept that “population increases geometrically while food supply increases arithmetically” was given by |
| A. | Stuart Mill |
| B. | Charles Darwin |
| C. | Adam Smith |
| D. | Thomas Malthus |
| Answer» D. Thomas Malthus | |
| 206. |
Population pyramids are useful to |
| A. | Express the population growth rates |
| B. | Indicate the birth rates |
| C. | Indicate the death rates |
| D. | Express age – sex distribution of a population |
| Answer» D. Express age – sex distribution of a population | |
| 207. |
The carrying capacity of a population is determined by |
| A. | Population growth rate |
| B. | Natality |
| C. | Mortality |
| D. | Limiting resources |
| Answer» D. Limiting resources | |
| 208. |
HIV is not likely to be transmitted by |
| A. | Sharing needles of injections |
| B. | Mosquito bites |
| C. | Blood transfusion |
| D. | Breast feeding |
| Answer» D. Breast feeding | |
| 209. |
Today, the world’s number one problem is: |
| A. | Pollution |
| B. | Population explosion |
| C. | Nuclear proliferation |
| D. | Natural calamities |
| Answer» B. Population explosion | |
| 210. |
Population explosion has occurred in the last |
| A. | 500 years |
| B. | 300 years |
| C. | 400 years |
| D. | 150 years |
| Answer» D. 150 years | |
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