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1. 1.

   Answer the questions given by choosing the most appropriate alternative.

   1. The presence of hotels and inns on a topo sheet indicates __________ activities.
      1. agrarian
      2. industrial
      3. tourism
      4. mining
   2. Sex ratio is the number of females per ___________ males.
      1. 100
      2. 1000
      3. 10,000
      4. 10
   3. _____________ migration is based on one's free will.
      1. Involuntary
      2. Relevant
      3. Forced
      4. Voluntary
   4. ____________ is known as 'Father of Local Self-Government in India'.
      1. Lord Ripon
      2. Lord Clive
      3. Lord Dalhousie
      4. Lord Minto
   5. Barren Island in the ____________ is the only active volcano in South Asia.
      1. Andamans
      2. Lakshadweep
      3. Western Ghats
      4. Eastern Ghats
2. 2.

   Fill in the blanks.

   1. A contour line is a line connecting places of equal ___________.
   2. Growth rate is the change in population expressed as a ___________.
   3. The three types of migration are voluntary, forced and ____________.
   4. The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act made it mandatory to form _____________.
   5. Tropical cyclones are known as ____________ in the Atlantic Ocean.
3. 3.

   Write (T) for the true and (F) for false.

   1. Limestone beds and quarries indicate agriculture as the primary occupation.
   2. The current growth rate of the world's population is 2.5 per cent.
   3. Deportation of Jews was an example of forced migration.
   4. 35 per cent of families live in one room dwellings in urban India.
   5. Delhi is not an earthquake prone area.
4. 4.

   What are the basic features of contour lines?

5. 5.

   What do you understand by the term 'underpopulation'? Give two examples.

6. 6.

   Explain 'Brain Drain'.