Woldia University

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Geography Questions for Remedial Social Science Stream Students
Answer the following questions accordingly and try to understand each choices of the questions
1. All of the following are the main features of census, except:
A. Periodicity B. Selectivity C. Expensiveness D. Simultaneity E. Universality
2. All are considered to be the components of population change except one. Which one?
A. Births B. Deaths C. Migration D. All E. None
3. Which one of the following is pull factor of migration?
A. Harsh climate B. Natural disaster C. Fertile soils D. Poverty
4. The number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-49 years in a given year is ______
A. Total fertility rate C. Crude birth rate
B. General fertility rate D. Infant mortality rate
5. One of the following measures of mortality is regarded as best indicator of level of development.
A. Maternal mortality rate B. Crude death rate C. Infant mortality rate D. Life expectancy
6. Identify the false statement?
A. All over the world, birth and death rate shows declining
B. Rate of declining birth rate is greater than death rate
C. Rate of declining birth rate is slower than death rate
D. None
7. Identify the false statement?
A. Births add the population C. Emigration minus the population
B. Deaths minus the population D. Immigration adds the population E. None
8. Of the following components of population change, which one does not bring change in the
number of world population?
A. Fertility B. Migration C. Mortality D. None of the above
9. Which one of the following statement is correct about Malthusian Population Theory?
A. There could be no population problem under a socialist mode of production
B. Fast growth of population can lead to the occurrence of positive checks
C. Food scarcities are purely the result of unequal distribution of resources by capitalism
D. Population is a variable that contributes positively to agricultural development
10. One of the following is not a factor for fertility
A. Age at first marriage B. Women status C. Religion D. Education E. None
11. The number of deaths of infants under the age of one year, per 1000 live births, in a given year is
A. TFR B. MMR C. IMR D. CMR
12. One of the following is not true about the claims of Malthusian Population Theory:
A. Population increases exponentially
B. Food production increases arithmetically
C. War is considered as a preventive check
D. Unless population is checked nature take its own measure

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13. Who said technological advancement would ensure food supply would keep up with population
growth?
A. Malthus B. Neo-Malthusians C. Karl- Marx D. Boserup
14. According to the Malthusian population theory, which one of the following is not a solution for
population related problems?
A. Late marriage C. Early marriage
B. Avoiding sexual conduct before marriage D. Having fewer children
15. According to Karl- Marx
A. Food scarcities are purely the result of unequal distribution of resources
B. The Technological advancement helps to tackle excess population
C. The need of sex is strong than anything else
D. The population out strip agricultural production
E. None
16. One of the following is not affect the quality of population data
A. Double counting B. Age heaping C. Neglecting D. False occupation E. None
17. All of the following are biological characteristics of population, except:
A. Race B. Sex C. Age D. Ethnicity E. None
18. What is sex ration?
A. It is the number of male population to total population of a given area
B. It is the proportion of males to females in the overall population of a given area
C. It is the proportion of female population to total population of a given area.
D. It is the difference between birth and death rates.
19. One of the following is not true about the claims of Malthusian Population Theory:
A. Population increases exponentially
B. Food production increases arithmetically
C. War is considered as a preventive check
D. Unless population is checked nature takes its own measure
20. All are the basic propositions of Malthus theory but one. Which one?
A. Passion between sexes is inevitable
B. Food production is limited
C. If population growth outstrips the means of subsistence; “positive checks” will apply
D. None
21. In year 1983, in the USA, out of the total of 3,614,000 live births, there were about 290 maternal
deaths .So that, what the MMR of USA is
A. 80 B. 800 C. 8 D. 8000

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Direction: Question number 22- 26 are based on the information of country ‘X’ given below, answer the
questions that follow.
 Total land area …………………………………….…........ 1.2 million square kilometers
 Mid-year population ……………………………….……… 100, 000,000
 Female population …………………………………………. 52 % of total population
 Total live birth in the year ………………………………...... 2,000,000
 Total death …………………………………………..…..…. 1, 000,000
 Urban Population ……………………………………….…... 20 % of the total
 Total number of women in age 15-49 ……..………………... 20, 000,000
 Number of deaths below age 1 (infants) in a year ……........... 180,000
 Number of immigrants …………………………………….… 600,000
 Number of emigrants ……………………………………...…. 200, 000
22. What is the Infant Mortality Rate of the country “X”?
A. 90 per live births C. 18 per 1000 live births
B. 9 per 1000 live births D. 9 per 100 live births
23. What is the Crude Birth rate of country “X”?
A. 20 births per 1000 people C. 200 births per 1000 people
B. 2 births per 1000 people D. 0.2 births per 1000 people
24. The rate of natural increase of the country is
A. 1% B. 0.1% C. 10% D. 0.01%
25. The sex ratio of population of country “X” is __________
A. 108.33 B. 92.31 C. 98.33 D. 100
26. What is the Growth rate of population of country “X”?
A. 14% B. 1% C. 1.4% D. 1.2%
27. All are the Salient features of modern population census but one
A. Universality D. Government sponsored
B. Expensiveness E. Overwhelmingly needs literate personnel
C. Defined territory F. None
28. All are considered to be the components of population change except one. Which one?
A. births D. All
B. Deaths E. None
C. Migration
29. Identify the false statement?
A. All over the world, birth and death rate shows declining
B. Rate of declining birth rate is greater than death rate
C. Rate of declining birth rate is slower than death rate
D. None
30. The sentinel indicator of socioeconomic development is:
A. life expectancy C. Birth rate
B. infant mortality rate D. Death Rate

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 31. Identify the false statement?
A. Births add the population D. Immigration adds the population
B. Deaths minus the population E. None
C. Emigration minus the population
32. The average number of children born to women in her reproductive period is
A. AFR C. ASFR
B. TFR D. GFR
33. One of the following is not a factor for fertility
A. Age at first marriage D. Education
B. Women status E. None
C. Religion
34. The number of deaths of infants under the age of one year, per 1000 live births, in a given
year is
A. TFR C. IMR
B. MMR D. CMR
35. A person get birth once and die once, but migrate--------
A. Once C. Three times
B. Twice D. Several times
36. One of the following is not a push factor for migration
A. Unemployment D. Housing shortage
B. Harsh climate E. None
C. High wage
37. The current high fertility of almost all developing countries is the result of:
A. Early marriage D. Cultural effects
B. Sex preference E. All
C. Religious and social effects
38. The advantage of sample over Census, in population data, is-------------
A. Costy
B. Less accurate
C. Detailed information
D. Periodicity

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39. One of the following is not true about the claims of Malthusian Population Theory:
A. Population increases exponentially
B. Food production increases arithmetically
C. War is considered as a preventive check
D. Unless population is checked nature take its own measure
40. All are the basic propositions of Malthus theory but one. Which one?
A. Passion between sexes is inevitable
B. Food production is limited
C. If population growth outstrips the means of subsistence, “positive checks” will apply
D. None
41. Who said technological advancement would ensure food supply would keep up with
population growth?
A. Malthus
B. Neo-Malthusians
C. Karl- Marx
D. Bosurap
42. According to Karl- Marx
A. food scarcities are purely the result of unequal distribution of resources
B. the Technological advancement helps to tackle excess population
C. the need of sex is strong than anything else
D. The population out strip agricultural production
E. None
43. The continuous registration vital events is known as
A. Census C. Vital registration
B. Sample D. None
44. One of the following is not affect the quality of population data
A. Double counting D. False occupation
B. Age heaping E. None
C. Neglecting
45. The number of live births per 1,000 women aged 15-49 years in a given year is
A. TFR C. ASFR
B. GFR D. Birth rate
46. In year 1983, in the USA, out of the total of 3,614,000 live births, there were about 290
maternal deaths .So that, what is the MMR of USA
A. 80 C. 8
B. 800 D. 8000
47. Among the following factors, one is incorrect about the rapid increase in the size of human
population.
A. Lower cost of importing vaccines and antibiotics.
B. Human’s inability to control famine and disease.
C. Advancements in scientific knowledge.
D. Improvement in peoples living conditions.

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48. Which Continent is the most Populous?
A. Africa C. Latin America
B. Asia D. North America
49. Which of the following is correct about the Characteristics of Rural Settlements:
A. Are Scattered settlement areas
B. Are densely populated areas
C. Are mainly engaged in Service sector
D. Are dominated by clustered homesteads
50. Which of the following is known by longer doubling time:
A. Asia C. Europe
B. Africa D. North America
51. Which one is incorrect about the current population distribution of the World?
A. The spatial distribution of the world is known in its unevenness
B. One-half of the world's people was contained within about 5% of the earth's land area.
C. The spatial distribution of the world is known in its evenness.
D. The world´s57% of the land area contained less than 5% of the population.
52. Among the following, which continent accounts the smallest population density:
A. Europe C. Latin America
B. Africa D. North America
53. Which is false about the population of Africa?
A. It has one of the world’s fastest growing populations
B. It is the world’s second most populous next to Asia
C. It has long life expectancy
D. the continent has the world’s shortest doubling time
54. Which parts of Africa have few permanent residents
A. The Nile Valley of Egypt,
B. The Atlantic coastal area
C. South Africa’s province of KwaZulu-Natal
D. The vast areas of Sahara
55. The highest crude density in Africa is found
A. Eastern Africa C. Sub-Saharan Africa
B. Western Sahara D. Southern Africa
56. Africa’s migration pattern is highly related to
A. Political instabilities and natural catastrophes
B. Searching of luxurious life
C. Finding better living condition
D. To have economic dominance
57. Birth rates are high in Africa because of
A. Low educational background
B. Low status of women
C. Religions encourage large families
D. Children are considered as symbol of virility
E. All

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58. Africa’s mortality rate is the highest in the world and it is also the highest even from the
perspective of the developing regions. This is because of
A. Better standard of living
B. Low access to health facilities
C. Good sanitary practices
D. Good nutrition
59. Which is generally regarded as a prime indicator of socioeconomic development?
A. Infant mortality rate B. CDR C.CBR D. TFR
60. One of the following is false about the major characteristics of the African Population
A. High age dependency ratio
B. High fertility and mortality rates
C. Long life expectancy
D. Triangular population pyramid
61. Which part of Africa has below the world’s average of sex ratio?
A. West Africa B. East Africa C. Sub-Saharan Africa D. Central Africa
62. All are the characteristics of Ethiopian population EXCEPT?
A. Age dependence ratio is high in Ethiopia
B. Sex ratio high in rural lower in urban
C. Fertility level higher in rural than urban
D. High birth and death rate
63. One is NOT significant physical factors which affect the distribution of population in
Ethiopia?
A. Climate (mainly rainfall and temperature) C. Natural water supply
B. Soil fertility D. Industrialization
64. Which of the following is a major factor of high highest levels of mortality in Ethiopia?
A. Higher GDP B. Low living standards C. Stability D. Absence drought
65. Which of the following is NOT a major factor of high fertility rates in Ethiopia?
A. Early marriage
B. High social status of women
C. Low level of family planning
D. Perception of high economic value of children.
66. The number of death in a year between one and five years of age per 1000 children is:
A. Adult Mortality Rate C. Infant Mortality Rate
B. Crude Death Rate D. Child Mortality Rate
67. The ratio between total population and total area of a given country is
called______.
A. Crude Density C. Agricultural Density
B. Physiological Density D. Rural Density
68. Which regional administrations in Ethiopia have the smallest share of urban
settlement?
A. Afar and Somali C. Oromiya and Amhara
B. Tigray and Dire Dawa D. Gambela and Harari

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69. Which one of following are the most urbanized regions in Ethiopia?
A. Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa & Harari
B. Gambella, Harari & Benishangul Gumuz
C. Afar, Addis Ababa & Amhara
D. SNNPR, Dire Dawa & Oromia
70. Which one of the following is the goal of the Ethiopian population policy?
A. Encouraging rural-urban migration with a view to fulfilling labor demands in cities
B. Promoting population growth through implementation of family planning packages
C. Establishing positive relationship b/n population growth and economic
development
D. Formulating appropriate strategies to control rate of births, death migration in the
country
71. Related to rural-urban migration, which one is a ‘push’ factor in Ethiopia?
A. Crime C. Wild fire
B. Drought D. Pollution
72. Which one of the following types of fertility measures the refines all of others?
A. Total fertility rate C. Age specific rate
B. General fertility rate D. Crude birth rate
73. A non-biological dynamics of population refers to:
A. Fecundity C. Mortality
B. Migration D. Fertility
74. Which one of the following features is highly contributed for Ethiopian population
shorter doubling time?
A. High rate of migration C. High mortality rate
B. High fertility rate D. High age dependency ratio
75. Which of the following is indicated the Ethiopian population pyramid with a broad base
and narrower towards the top?
A. Low birth rate and low death rate
B. High death rate and high birth rate
C. Low death rate and high life expectancy
D. High fertility rate and low life expectancy
76. ________. Is any death that occurred during pregnancy, child birth, or within two
months after a birth or termination of a pregnancy?
A. Infant mortality rate C. Child mortality rate
B. Maternal mortality rate D. Crude death rate
77. Which one of the following is a positive and non-biological component of population
change?
A. Immigration C. Emigration
B. Birth D. Death
78. Why the Somali and Afar regions of Ethiopia are sparsely populated?
A. There are areas with extremely high temperature and high rainfall conditions
B. They are confined to tropical regions
C. They are found to the lowland areas
D. They are regions which are dominated by arid and semi-arid climatic
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79. The three most sparsely populated regions of Ethiopia are
A. Harari, Afar and Beneshangul-gumuz
B. Somali, Afar and Gambella
C. Tigray, Somali and Gambella
D. Sidama, SNNP and Gambella
80. Which one of the following is true about the concept of urbanization?
A. It is a shift from primary to secondary and tertiary economic activities
B. It is a process of increase in the number of urban population
C. It is the migration of people from rural to urban permanently
D. All of the above
81. All of the following show characteristics of more urbanized countries except?
A. When cities of the country grow in number
B. When the size of urban population is increased
C. When the proportion of urban population is high
D. When the rate of urbanization is very high
82. One of the following is not correct about developing and developed countries of the world?
A. The level of urbanization reflects the wealth of countries
B. Urbanization in developed countries is causing serious of problems
C. Rate of urbanization in developing countries like Ethiopia is high
D. Poor countries of the world are the least urbanized
83. One of the following is not included in the negative effects of rapid urbanization?
A. Homelessness and crime
B. Overcrowding and pollution
C. Poverty and poor municipality services
D. Increase in agricultural land supply
84. Which one of the following is correct order of urban hierarchy from top to bottom?
A. City-Town-Metropolis-Conurbation-Megalopolis
B. Megalopis-Conurbation-Metropolis-City-Town
C. Town-City-Metropolis-Conurbation-Megalopolis
D. Megalopolis-Metropolis-Conurbation-City-Town
85. The least and most urbanized regions of Africa are respectively?
A. Eastern Africa and Western Africa
B. Southern Africa and Northern Africa
C. Eastern Africa and Southern Africa
D. Sub Saharan Africa and Northern Africa
86. Identify the positive effect of cities in developing countries?
A. Cities are engines of economy, employment and technology
B. Cities convert agricultural land and affect food security
C. There are shortages of water, shelter and inefficient waste disposal
D. Cities are centers of social, cultural and political services
87. Ethiopian urbanization is affected by all of the following factors except?
A. Better living conditions of cities
B. Better social services of urban areas
C. Employment opportunities
D. Better environmental conditions of cities

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88. One of the following is not true about Ethiopian urbanization origin and development?
A. Ethiopian urbanization radiates from Addis Ababa
B. Construction of roads during the Italian occupation
C. Shewa and Hararghe plateaus have largest concentrations
D. Irrigation and mining areas of Ethiopia triggers urbanizations
89. The largest proportion of urban population from regional population is found in ___?
A. Dire Dawa B. Harari C. Oromia D. Amhari
90. Which of the following does NOT characterizes the primary economic activities in
Ethiopia?
A. Production of foodstuffs through exploitation of natural resources
B. They are dependent on natural resources
C. They are affected by natural environment directly or indirectly
D. Production of raw material via the exploitation of natural resources
E. None of the above
91. Which of the following is tertiary economic activity?
A. Extraction of gold
B. Crop production
C. Electric power production
D. Legal and medical service
E. Jewelry making
92. Among the following statement which one is correct regarding primary economic
activities in Ethiopia?
A. Though ethiopia has a number of lakes, fishing as an activity is at a low level of
development
B. In Ethiopia, about 85 percent of the population is engaged in fishing activities.
C. Mining is a secondary economic activity concerned with the extraction of
mineral bearing substances from the earth’s crust.
D. The distribution of jobs in a particular economic activity in a country may
indicate the level of development of the country.
E. ‘A’ and ‘D’ are correct answers
93. Which of the following are considered as the importance of forests?
A. Regulating concentration of greenhouse gasses
B. They check rapid runoff and hence controls soil erosion
C. They moderate the climate of local environment
D. Preserving of forests ensures the preservation of wild animals
E. They do not adjust the carbon dioxide while regulating temperature condition
of local environment
94. Among the following which one NOT is considered as the factors of secondary
economic activities?
A. Labour
B. Energy
C. Equipment
D. Modern technology
E. Manufacturing
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 95. The type of economic activities characterized by the provision of services is:
A. Quaternary economic activities
B. Tertiary economic activities
C. Primary economic activities
D. Secondary economic activities
96. Which one of the following is an example of quaternary economic activity?
A. Bartering system
B. Trade which is began due to unequal distribution of resources to satisfying
human need
C. Transportation and communication
D. Activities performed in th our university classrooms
E. Whole sellers and retailers of manufactured products to consumers
97. Which one of the following may be a reason for tourism?
A. Site seeing and conference
B. Sport activities and health purpose
C. Religious ceremonies and research
D. Accessibility with good weather condition
E. None of the above
98. Which of the following economic activities are the base of the majority of Ethiopian
population?
A. Secondary
B. Smokeless industries
C. Primary
D. Tertiary
E. Quaternary
99. One of the following is NOT an encouraging factors for the development of tourist
industry in a given nation?
A. Availability of historical sites
B. Physical land scape features
C. Services like batching, boating, recreation, hotels, restaurant
D. Source of income
E. ‘C’ and ‘D’ are correct answers
100. Which one of the following tropical crops produced in Africa do have Africa’s largest
global share?
A. Cotton D. Cocoa
B. Rubber E. Sugar cane
C. Coffee
101. Which one of the following primary economic activity provides employment opportunity
for only a very small percentage of people?
A. Agriculture
B. Forestry
C. Fishery
D. Manufacturing

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102. Which of the following does NOT characterize manufacturing activities?
A. Dependency on raw materials obtained from primary economic sector
B. Conversion of raw materials in to finished or semi-finished products
C. High level of labour division
D. Production of products which serve as input for other sectors
E. Provision of services to other businesses and final consumers
103. Identify the false statement.
A. Renewable resources replenish quickly if supported by appropriate conservation.
B. Non-renewable resources include fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas.
C. Forests, soil, water, plant and animals are among the renewable resources.
D. Currently natural resources show a recovering trend throughout the globe earth.
104. Africa and its natural resources are best articulated as ___________.
A. Africa’s topography resulted less diversity in climate and biodiversity.
B. Africa best utilized its natural resources to the development of the people.
C. Africa is one of the continents having the largest population resource.
D. Africa is poor in availability of water resources as well as solar energy.
105. Which one is wrongly correlated?
A. Zimbabwe--------------Phosphate
B. Libya ----------Petroleum
C. Republic of South Africa-------------Gold
D. Nigeria--------------------------Petroleum
E. Morocco----------------Phosphate
106. Metallic minerals are most dominant in ____________.
A. Northern Africa D. Southern Africa
B. Eastern Africa E. Western Africa
C. Central Africa
107. The largest shares of bauxite export come from _________.
A. DRC D. Gabon
B. Guinea E. Republic of Congo
C. Angola
108. The leading agricultural crop of Africa is ______________.
A. Palm oil
B. Coffee
C. Cacao
D. Sisal
E. Groundnut

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 109. Among the following one is true about water resources of Africa.
A. They are source of minerals along their courses and beds.
B. Have a great potential of fish resources.
C. Blessings to practice irrigation on the vast agricultural lands of Africa.
D. Since the rivers flow through diverse topography have big potential for HEP.
E. All are true
110. Africa’s natural resource development is characterized by __________.
A. Hampered by lack of capital, skilled man power and technology.
B. Corrupted administration resulted in poor allocation of the resources.
C. Cause for civil wars in different regions of the continent.
D. The elites and the ruling classes are beneficiaries over the interests of the mass.
E. All of the above
111. Which one of the following is true abut command economic system?
A. Prices are determined by the law of supply and demand.
C. The government develops and enforces plans.
B. It is based on decentralized decision making.
D. It is based on private property.
E. Economic freedom.
112. One of the following is false about Market Economy system.
A. Market and money are of little importance, and trade is mainly by a barter system.
B. There is competition between the government and the private sectors.
C. It is an economic system in which individuals, rather than government, make the main
decisions regarding economic activities and transactions
D. The government makes decisions about production and consumption.
E. All except C
113. Among the indicator of development one is the best measurement of the quality of life of people in a
given society.
A. GDP B. GNP C. Standard of living D. Per capita income E. All of the above
114. Which one of the following economic development strategies should give due attention to
increasing the productive capacities of human wealth and the health of the environment.
A. Making sure that the nation has a labor force that is ready to work, hardworking and
energetic.
B. Improving the skill and the ability of the working force.
C. Ensuring the human labor force has adequate medical care (in order to maintain its
productiveness).
D. Improving the supply, multiplication and distribution of modern and environmentally friendly
technology and other inputs.
115. One of the following is correct about development.
A. It is a process involving economic as well as social and environmental changes
B. It is simply a change in output regardless of cultural, political, economic and other
improvements.
C. It is the qualitative transformation of a whole society.
D. it is quantitative transformation of a whole society
E. All of the above

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116. All of the following are the characteristics of developed countries Except
A. Per capita incomes are high and capital is readily available.
B. Urban Populations are large and cities growing slowly.
C. Wealth is unevenly distributed within individual countries.
D. Birth and death rates are low and life expectancy is high.
E. Adequate supplies of food and balanced diets.
117. The type of development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs”
A. Economic growth B. Economic development C. Per capita income
D. Sustainable development E. Globalization
118. All of the following are advantages of globalization Except
A. It creates new opportunities and benefits.
B. Payments, known as “remittances” that developing countries international migrants send
back to their countries
C. It increases foreign direct investment, promote economic growth
D. The strong and wealthy nations have the power to promote certain of their advantages.
E. None of the above

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