Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (ICSE) · Biology
Chapter: Chapter 15 — Chapter 15: Population - The Increasing Numbers and Rate of Growth
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What factors determine population growth rate? [1]
(A) Birth rate, death rate, migration
(B) Only birth rate
(C) Only death rate
(D) Only migration
2. What is exponential growth? [1]
(A) Growth with unlimited resources
(B) Growth with limited resources always
(C) No growth at all
(D) Negative growth only
3. What limits real population growth? [1]
(A) Food, space, disease
(B) Nothing limits it
(C) Only weather
(D) Only temperature
4. What can rapid population growth cause? [1]
(A) Resource depletion and pollution
(B) Only positive effects
(C) No effects at all
(D) Only economic growth
5. What social services get strained by rapid growth? [1]
(A) Healthcare and education
(B) None are affected
(C) Only entertainment
(D) Only transportation
6. What is a population control measure? [1]
(A) Family planning and education
(B) Ignoring the issue
(C) Increasing birth rate
(D) Removing all services
7. Why is managing population growth important? [1]
(A) For sustainable development and resource use
(B) It's not important
(C) Only for decoration
(D) No reason
8. Why study population growth? [1]
(A) To understand its environmental and social impacts
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What factors determine population growth rate? [1]
(A) Birth rate, death rate, migration
(B) Only birth rate
(C) Only death rate
(D) Only migration
10. What is exponential growth? [1]
(A) Growth with unlimited resources
(B) Growth with limited resources always
(C) No growth at all
(D) Negative growth only
11. What limits real population growth? [1]
(A) Food, space, disease
(B) Nothing limits it
(C) Only weather
(D) Only temperature
12. What can rapid population growth cause? [1]
(A) Resource depletion and pollution
(B) Only positive effects
(C) No effects at all
(D) Only economic growth
13. What social services get strained by rapid growth? [1]
(A) Healthcare and education
(B) None are affected
(C) Only entertainment
(D) Only transportation
14. What is a population control measure? [1]
(A) Family planning and education
(B) Ignoring the issue
(C) Increasing birth rate
(D) Removing all services
15. Why is managing population growth important? [1]
(A) For sustainable development and resource use
(B) It's not important
(C) Only for decoration
(D) No reason
16. Why study population growth? [1]
(A) To understand its environmental and social impacts
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests