The number of live births per thousand persons in a year is termed as
Death rate
Birth rate
Growth rate
None of these
Pick out the wrong statement
Current population (in 2006) is a little more than 1.08 billion and is growing approximately at a rate of 52 per minute. 3120 per hour, 74,480 per day, 2.7 crore per year.
At leaat 35 out of every 1000 babies born die at death.
45 out of 1000 babies born do not survive beyond the age of five.
There was a rapid rise in the population in India during 1911 - 21.
Flood can be prevented by
Afforestation
Cutting the forests
Tilling the land
Removing the top soil
The Industrial Revolution was underway first in England by the
Late sixteenth century
Mid - seventeenth century
Mid - eighteenth century
Mid - nineteenth century
A T - shaped plastic and copper device used as a method of birth control.
Diaphragm
Cervical condom
Female condom
Intrauterine device
Pick the odd one outFactors responsible for population explosion in India are
Illiteracy
Mortality rate
Traditional belief
Population density
Emergency contraceptives are effective if used within:
72 hrs of ovulation
72 hrs of coitus
72 hrs of menstruation
72 hrs of implantation
How much percentage of world population inhabit India?
2.4%
3.28%
16.7%
1.2%