Question

A. choose the correct option.

1. which of the following is not an example of internal migration ?
(a) people migrating from Amritsar to Chennai.
(b) people migrating to the city of Patna from surrounding villages.
(c) people migrating from Kerala to Dubai.
(d) shepherds in Himachal Pradesh moving from higher to lower pastures in winter.
2. Among the following continents, the last to be populated by humans was probably ?
(a) South America
(b) Australia
(c) Europe
(d) Africa
3. which of the following continents have more immigrants than natives ?
(a) South America
(b) Australia
(c) North America
(d) all of these
4. which of the following statements is not correct ?
(a) immigration increases the pressure on local resources.
(b) emigration for work increases the relative number of dependents.
(c)immigration often lowers the relative number of dependents in advanced countries.
(d) emigration increases the working population in the donor region.​

Answer 1

1.(c)
2.(d)
3.(d)
4.(b)

Answer 2

• (c) people migrating from Kerala to Dubai.

The movement of people between usual residences within national states is called internal migration. People migrating from Kerela to Dubai are moving from one country to another.

• (d) Africa

Early human migration, the earliest transcontinental migration and expansion of ancient and modern humans, is thought to have begun with the early spread of hominins from Africa by Homo erectus about 2 million years ago.

• (c) North America

North America has more immigrants than natives.

• (b) emigration for work increases the relative number of dependents.

Immigration: A person's change of  residence to a new country in which they are not indigenous or do not have citizenship

Emigration: To leave one's home country and settle in another country.

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