Migration Book Back Questions & Answers

Unit 5 > Social > Class 9 > Samacheer Kalvi - English Medium

    Choose the correct answer

  • 1. According to the 2011 census, the total population of India was .

    a) 121 crore

    b) 221 crore

    c) 102 crore

    d) 100 crore

    Correct answer: a) 121 crore

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  • 2. has recorded the maximum number of emigrants

    a) Ramanathapuram

    b) Coimbatore

    c) Chennai

    d) Vellore

    Correct answer: c) Chennai

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  • 3. During 2015, of illiterates were migrants from Tamil Nadu.

    a) 7%

    b) 175%

    c) 23%

    d) 9%

    Correct answer: a) 7%

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  • 4. The poorer sections of the population migrate .

    a) as a survival strategy

    b) to improve their living standards

    c) as a service

    d) to get experience

    Correct answer: a) as a survival strategy

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  • Fill in the blanks

  • 1. Migration is enumerated on __________ and __________ bases.

    Correct answer: Place of birth, Place of residence

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  • 2. The mobility of population in rural areas is __________ than urban areas.

    Correct answer: greater

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  • 3. In rural India, as per census 2011, __________ percent of the population are counted as migrants.

    Correct answer: 37

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  • 4. . __________ is the major reason for female migration.

    Correct answer: Marriage

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  • 5. Any migrant stream would consist of __________ sub streams.

    Correct answer: heterogeneous

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  • Match the following

  • 1. Migration policy

    Correct answer: to reduce the volume of migration

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  • 2. Female migrants

    Correct answer: marriage

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  • 3. Chennai

    Correct answer: maximum number of emigration

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  • 4. Better off migrants

    Correct answer: to improve the living standards

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  • 5. Salem

    Correct answer: low incidence of imigration

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  • 6. Male migrants

    Correct answer: Work

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  • Correct the given statements

  • 1. In recent times workers from Tamil Nadu are moving to Africa.

    Correct answer: In the more recent time workers from Tamil Nadu have been moving to countries in the Gulf,United States of America and Australia.

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  • 2. In Tamil Nadu, the extent of migration is much higher in urban areas compared to rural areas.

    Correct answer: In Tamil Nadu, the extent of migration is much higher in rural areas compared to urban areas.

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  • 3. Any migrant stream would consist of homogenous sub-streams

    Correct answer: Any migrant stream would consist of heterogenous sub-streams

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  • 4. Two out of every 10 persons is reported to be a migrant

    Correct answer: Two out of every 5 persons is reported to be a migrant

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