Population Studies Objective Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams | Population Studies MCQs Set 28

1 Arrange following categories of the countries in descending order (top to bottom) according to the Human Development Index (HDI) rank assigned to there countries in the Human Development Report - 2014 released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

(a) Norway

(b) Australia

(c) Switzerland

(d) Netherlands

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2 Which one is the correct combination of facts given below ?

(a) Climate change causes flooding, draught and, super storms

(b) Air pollution is related with diarrhoea

(c) Water pollution causes hypertension

(d) Air pollution increases asthma and other respiratory diseases among people

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3 According to various population censuses carried out in India identify the correct code given below :

(a) Over the past decades there is an increase in employment related migration

(b) There is an increase in migration towards urban areas

(c) There is a decline in intra-district migration

(d) The proportion of migrants has remained around one third

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4 Which of the following principles is used by W. Christtafer for developing central place theory ?

5 How many “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDG) have been set among the following by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 ?

6 India’s population policy goal is to achieve zero rate of population growth. Which of the following situations will help to achieve this goal.

7 Which of the following factors does not impact achievement of NRR 5 1.0 in India ?

8 Which one of the following is not associated with National Health Policy 2015 (draft) key principles ?

9 Which of the following method is used for adjustment of data from dual record system ?

10 Arrange the fertility indicators shown below from “Crude” to refined.

(a) Crude birth rate

(b) Total fertility rate

(c) General fertility level

(d) Total marital fertility level

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11 In which of the following schemes / programmes ‘Community Monitoring’ technique was used ?

12 Which one of the following is correct expansion of ‘IPCC’ ?

13 Which among the following services received emphasis in the Scheme “JANANI SURAKSHA YOJANA”in NRHM ?

14 Arrange the following four states of India by their decreasing (high to low) level of unmet need (NFHS - 3 data) :

(a) Bihar

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Odisha

(d) Uttar Pradesh

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15 Arrange the following four terms of pregnancy termination by their period of occurrence, from earliest to the latest.

(a) Late foetal death

(b) Peri - natal mortality

(c) Neo - natal mortality

(d) Infant mortality

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