What type of human population is represented by the following age pyramid? 

  
1.  Stable population
2.  Declining population
3.  Expanding population
4.  Vanishing population
Subtopic:  Population Characters: Age Structure & Migration |
 85%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2011
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A country with a high rate of population growth took measures to reduce it. The figure below shows age-sex pyramids of populations. A and B are twenty years apart. Select the correct interpretation about them: 
 
Interpretations

1. 'A' is more recent and shows a slight reduction in the growth rate
2. 'B' is an earlier pyramid and shows stabilised growth rate
3. 'B' is more recent showing that the population is very young
4. 'A' is the earlier pyramid and no change has occurred in the growth rate

Subtopic:  Population Characters: Density | Population Characters: Age Structure & Migration |
 52%
Level 3: 35%-60%
AIPMT - 2009
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Geometric representation of age structure is a characteristic of:

1. Biotic community

2. Population

3. Landscape

4. Ecosystem

Subtopic:  Population Characters: Age Structure & Migration |
 82%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2007
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Annual migration does not occur in the case of:

1. Salmons

2. Siberian crane

3. Salamander

4. Arctic tern

Subtopic:  Population Characters: Age Structure & Migration |
 57%
Level 3: 35%-60%
AIPMT - 2006
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