Chapter 3: Population Composition

Important Questions

1. Define the criteria for differentiating between Rural and Urban population.

2. Describe Expanding Population.

3. Define significance of Sex Composition.

4. Describe Literacy of a population.

5. Define Age-Sex Pyramid and its different shape.

Sample Questions

1. Name the country where sex ratio is most unfavourable to women in the world.

2. Why the age structure is considered an important indicator of population composition? Give one reason.

3. Why is sex ratio in some European countries recorded favourable to females? Give one reason.

4. What is the impact of rural-urban migration on the age and sex structure on the place of origin and destination?

5. What is meaning of age structure of population? Describe in brief four main characteristics of age structure of the world population.