Question

1. Lebanon had its last census under the French Mandate in 1932 (a) True (b) False 2. Census taking in the Middle East faces which problems? (a) Technical difficulties which may limit level of accuracy (b) Official suppression of some date because of perceived sensitivity of the data (c) (a) and (b) (d) None of the above 3. Which countries regularly collect and publish country statistics? (a) Bahrain and Cyprus (b) Cyprus (c) Bahrain, Cyprus & Turkey 4. According to 2008 estimates the population of the 16 core countries of the Middle East is about 5% of world population (a) True (b) False 5. According to 2008 estimates majority of the world's Muslim population live in the 16 core countries of the Middle East (a) True (b) False 6. Average level of urbanization of the Middle East is 70/o. (a) True (b) False 7. The coniferous forest biome is found most widely in: (a) ran (b) Afghanistan (c) (d) Morocco Sudan 8. The 3 most populous states of the Middle East are also power cores. (a) True (b) False 9. Population growth in Israel is influenced by (a) massive immigration (b) capital transfers from abroad (c) (a) and (b) (d) None of the above.

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Answers:

1. The statement is b) False. Explanation: After the 1932 census, when there was French Mandate of Lebanon, no official censuses could be conducted because of sensitive confessional political balance between different religious groups of Lebanon.

2. The answer is a) Technical difficulties which may limit level of accuracy. Explanation: Technical difficulties lead to getting enough information on number of nomadic tribes and immigrants. Also, the registration processes lack so much professionalism that accurate information cannot be taken.

3. The answer is a) Bahrain and Cyprus. Explanation: Bahrain published data every 5 years since 1940 to 2010. Then from 2001, they have been publishing the census data on July 1 each year. Cyprus published census data from 1901 to 1990. Then Republic of Cyprus has been publishing it each year since 1991.

4. The answer is a) True. Explanation: As per the estimate of 2008, the total world population was 6.6 billion, of which 355 million lived in Middle East. So, very naturally that constitutes 5% of the population.

5. The answer is b) False. Explanation: This is because most of the World Muslim population lives in Asia Pacific region.

6. The answer is a) True. Explanation: Economic implementation is the key factor here.

7. The coniferous forest biome is found most widely in a) Afghanistan. Explanation: East Afghan Montane Coniferous forest and Subalpine Himalayan Coniferous forest both are found in the mountains of Afghanistan.

8. The statement is b) False. Explanation: The three most powerful countries of Middle East are Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia. But the most populous country is Egypt followed by Iran and Turkey. Saudi Arabia has a very low population in comparison to these.

9. Population growth in Israel is influenced by c) a and b. Explanation: There is large scale of African migration found in Israel and also Israel makes huge profit by foreign exchange.