1. Pakistan's population in 2023 was about
Answer: B. 241.49 million
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2. Pakistan's population in 2017 was about
Answer: D. 207.68 million
3. Pakistan's population in 1998 was about
Answer: C. 132.35 million
4. Pakistan's population in 1981 was about
Answer: A. 84.25 million
5. In 2017 males made up about
Answer: B. 51.2 percent
6. In 2023 females made up about
Answer: A. 49.6 percent
7. In 2017 the population was about ______ rural.
Answer: D. 64 percent
8. The urban share of the population in 2023 was about
Answer: C. 38.82 percent
9. The urban share of the population in 1981 was about
Answer: D. 28.30 percent
10. Rural-urban migration is caused mainly by the search for
Answer: A. better facilities and jobs
11. Pakistan's density of population in 2023 was
Answer: C. 302.08 per sq km
12. Density of population is calculated as
Answer: B. population divided by area
13. Density of population is the number of people per
Answer: D. square kilometre
14. Which province areas have high density because of fertile land and water?
Answer: A. Punjab and Sindh
15. Which area has low population density?
Answer: C. Northern mountains
16. Karachi's density is about
Answer: B. 1,500 persons per sq km
17. A main cause of rapid population growth in Pakistan is a
Answer: A. high birth rate
18. Population growth is also due to a falling
Answer: B. death rate
19. Large families are preferred in subsistence farming for
Answer: C. field work
20. A problem of rapid population growth is
Answer: D. rising unemployment
21. Rapid population growth causes inflation because demand
Answer: C. raises prices
22. Life expectancy rose to 67.79 years in
Answer: B. 2023
23. Life expectancy means the
Answer: D. expected average age of a person
24. Pull factors attract people to
Answer: A. cities
25. Which is a pull factor?
Answer: D. Better health and education
26. Which is a push factor?
Answer: C. Drought and low yields
27. Seasonal movement of people and cattle from the cold mountains to lowlands is
Answer: A. transhumance
28. Herders of Thal, Kharan and Cholistan practise
Answer: B. nomadism
29. People moving to villages for cotton picking is called
Answer: B. harvest migration
30. Slums and kachi abadis are a result of
Answer: D. rapid urbanization
31. A population pyramid shows the percentage of
Answer: C. males and females in age groups
32. In a population pyramid, the active labour force is aged
Answer: A. 14 to 60
33. In a population pyramid, the young dependent group is below
Answer: A. 14 years
34. The old dependent group is above
Answer: B. 60 years
35. In which stage of the demographic transition model are birth and death rates both high?
Answer: D. Stage 1
36. In which stage is the death rate falling while the birth rate stays high?
Answer: C. Stage 2
37. In which stage are both rates low?
Answer: D. Stage 4
38. In Stage 5 the death rate is
Answer: A. higher than the birth rate
39. Which country is in Stage 4 of the demographic transition model?
Answer: B. Australia
40. Sustainable population means the size that
Answer: C. resources can support at all times
41. The primary sector includes
Answer: D. agriculture, fishing and mining
42. The secondary sector refers to
Answer: C. industry
43. The tertiary sector includes
Answer: B. banking, health and teaching
44. A way to discourage rural-urban migration is to provide
Answer: A. electricity and clean water in villages
About Pakistan Studies Class 9 Unit 7 MCQs (Federal Board)
These 44 Pakistan Studies MCQs cover Class 9 Unit 7: Population Structure and Growth of the Federal Board (FBISE) SSC-I (Class 9) syllabus. They are SLO-based MCQs as per the new pattern for FBISE exams. Each question has four options and the correct answer is shown, so you can practise for the annual examination and find the topics you still need to revise. You can also read the Population Structure and Growth notes for this chapter. Download the Population Structure and Growth MCQs as a PDF using the button at the top of this page.