Migration: Causes, Types, and Effects

Learn about migration including its types (rural-urban, international, seasonal, forced), causes, effects on individuals and society, key terminology, and examples from India. Suitable for Class V students.

33 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The state that has attracted larger migration in India since 1980 is ______________.

  1. Punjab
  2. Uttar Pradesh
  3. Bihar
  4. Tripura
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is the mode of transportation used by most villagers?

  1. Tractors
  2. Bullock Carts
  3. Horse Carts
  4. None of the above
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The village people only work in ____ for living.

  1. field
  2. factory
  3. company
  4. All of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why villagers move to city?

  1. Infrastructure
  2. Money
  3. Population
  4. Space
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

People who migrate within the country are known as ______.

  1. Immigrants
  2. Migrants
  3. Natives
  4. None of the above
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The most affected factor because of migration is ________.

  1. occupation
  2. health
  3. social life
  4. All of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is most accurate of immigrants?

  1. Most Immigrants tend to migrate long distances
  2. Most immigrants move with family and children
  3. Most immigrants move to urban areas or cities
  4. Most immigrants move for political reasons
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the best example of chain migration?

  1. An immigrant not reaching their intended destination due to available jobs along the way
  2. An immigrant forced to move to new region or location against their will
  3. Immigrants moving from place to place in predictable and repeatable patterns
  4. Migrants from a particular town following other migrants from that town to a particular destination
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the problems faced by villagers when shifted to new place?

  1. Different environment
  2. Same environment
  3. More mosquitoes
  4. All of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

What are the problem related to migration?

  1. Limiting wage competition
  2. Affordable housing
  3. Universal quality education
  4. Public investment
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is meant by the term migrant?

  1. People who shift from one country to another country for economic opportunities.
  2. People who shifts from one place to another place in the same village.
  3. People who shifts from one society to another society to celebrate festivals.
  4. People who shift from India to U S A are called migrant
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

IOM stands for ___________.

  1. International Organisation for Migration
  2. Indian Organisation for Migration
  3. International office of Migration
  4. Indian office of Migration
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The major barrier to international migration today is __________.

  1. Physical danger
  2. Cost
  3. Immigration controls
  4. Time
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Forced migrations across international borders create _________.

  1. International migrants
  2. Internal displacement
  3. Asylum seekers
  4. Refugees
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

People who leave your country to take up residence in another country are called ___________.

  1. Emigrants
  2. Immigrants
  3. Both A and B
  4. None
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Immigration rate is calculated by ___________.

  1. IR= number of people coming into a country in a given area/midyear population multiplied by 1000
  2. IR= number of people going out of country in a given area/midyear population multiplied by 1000
  3. Both formulae can be used
  4. Both A and B are wrong
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The United Nations defines migration as a change of residence lasting more than ___________.

  1. One month
  2. Six months
  3. One year
  4. Two years
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The difference between immigration and emigration is called _________.

  1. Migration difference
  2. Net migration
  3. Gross migration
  4. Total migration
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

One of the main problems of migration is xenophobia which means ________.

  1. Showing extensive patriotism
  2. Showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries
  3. Fear of over population
  4. None of these
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Seasonal migration of people is known as __________.

  1. Pastoralism
  2. Nomadism
  3. Intra migration
  4. Transhumance
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mukadam is an agent of _____ factories.

  1. Sugarcane
  2. Jute
  3. Cotton
  4. Rice
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the reason behind migration of people from rural areas to urban area?

  1. Job opportunities
  2. Development
  3. Better Education
  4. All of these
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Reason(s) behind migration of Bangladesh natives to India is/are ________.

  1. Scarcity of land for living
  2. Scarcity of proper education
  3. Interference of Pakistan
  4. All of the above
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the conditions under which villagers move to a city?

  1. Less greenery
  2. More pollution
  3. Job opportunity
  4. All of these
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The ______ gives the details of the loan taken by each family.

  1. Zamindar
  2. Mansabdar
  3. Mukadam
  4. Tehsildar
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

IOM stands for ________.

  1. The International Organisation for Mitigation
  2. The International Organisation for Mutation
  3. The International Organisation for Migration
  4. The International Organisation of Mythology
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Migration in which people tend to move due to some push factors such as war, hunger and other difficult conditions ___________.

  1. Rural-Urban Migration
  2. Seasonal Migration
  3. Impelled Migration
  4. Involuntary Migration
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The State having the least population in India is ___________.

  1. Sikkim
  2. Assam
  3. Uttar Pradesh
  4. Madhya Pradesh
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Migration in which the government or authorities of a place force people to migrate for a reason is called __________.

  1. Return Migration
  2. Rural-Urban Migration
  3. Seasonal Migration
  4. Involuntary Migration
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Movement of people from one place to another with the intentions of settling permanently in the new location is called ________.

  1. Migration
  2. Transfer
  3. Movement
  4. None of these
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements are true?

A. Migration is the consequence of the economic and political problems facing the countries where migrant come from.

B. These migrants are starting to cause political problems for their countries, the recipient countries and the countries they take as a transit.

  1. Only A
  2. Only B
  3. Both A and B
  4. None of these
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is migration?

  1. Shifting from one city to other
  2. Traveling from one city to other
  3. Both of above
  4. None of these
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why people migrate from one city to other?

  1. For good living standards
  2. For education purpose
  3. For employment reason
  4. All of above