Population Studies Questions and Answers Set 30 | Population Studies Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) & Answers

Questions

1 Which among the following measure used by ‘Rele’ for calculating fertility from age distribution of population ?

1 Reverse Survival Method

2 Parity Ratio Methods of Fertility

3 Child Woman Ratio

4 P/F Ratio

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Answer: Parity Ratio Methods of Fertility

2 Since when Indian census has departed from income approach while defining worker ?

1 1951

2 1961

3 1971

4 1981

View Answer

Answer: 1951

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3 Which one of the following is the most appropriate measure to compare fertility across different states in India ?

1 Crude Birth Rate

2 Totle Fertility Rate

3 Age - specific Fertility Rate

4 None of the above

View Answer

Answer: Crude Birth Rate

4 Who among the following proposed economic utilities of children is the field of fertility ?

1 Liebenstein

2 A. Dumont

3 Kingsley Davis

4 Glass

View Answer

Answer: Liebenstein

5 The 2011 Census was carried out in how many of the districts given below ?

1 610

2 620

3 630

4 640

View Answer

Answer: 630

6 The crude birth rate of India according to the sample Registration System Bulletin of September 2013 is close to which among the following figures ?

1 19 (per 1000 population)

2 21 (per 1000 population)

3 23 (per 1000 Population)

4 25 (per 1000 population)

View Answer

Answer: 25 (per 1000 population)

7 Who among the following developed the concept of ‘dual recording system’ ?

1 A.J. Coale

2 John Hajnal

3 Chandrashekar and Deming

4 Samuel H. Preston

View Answer

Answer: Chandrashekar and Deming

8 Arrange the following states in ascending order (Low to high) in the level of Input Mortality rate according to SRS Bulletin, September 2013 [Estimated Infant Mortality Rate 2012]

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Rajasthan

(d) Maharashtra

Codes :

1 (a), (b), (c), (d)

2 (c), (d), (b), (a)

3 (d), (c), (b), (a)

4 (b), (c), (d), (a)

View Answer

Answer: (d), (c), (b), (a)

9 While defining urban areas according to census 2011, which of the following is/are true ?

(a) Population size of the settlement should be at least 5000

(b) Populatoin density should be 400 per square km

(d) 75% of all male workers in non - agriculture

Codes :

1 Only (a) is true

2 Only (a) and (b) are true

3 Only (a), (b) and (c) are true

4 Only (a), (b) and (d) are true

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Answer: Only (a) is true

10 Under which of the following given conditions, median may be better measure of central tendency than mean ?

1 When distribution of data is skewed

2 When extreme values are present in data

3 When data are open ended

4 All of the above

View Answer

Answer: When extreme values are present in data

11 The emigration of highly-skilled people from the developing countries is known from which of the given options ?

1 the brain drain

2 human capital deterioration

3 productivity decline

4 labour degradation

View Answer

Answer: productivity decline

12 Who among the following proposed threshold hypothesis is the field of fertility ?

1 Easterlin

2 United Nations

3 Liebenstein

4 G. Becker

View Answer

Answer: United Nations

Assertion (A) : In India child sex ratio (0-6 age group) is unfavourable to females.

Reason (R) :Traditional value for son preference is prevailing in the India particularly in the rural population of the country.

Codes :

1 Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

2 Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

3 (A) is true and (R) is false

4 (A) is false and (R) is true

View Answer

Answer: (A) is false and (R) is true

14 What is the most possible explanation for higher proportion of marginal workers among females than males in India ?

1 Women are less committed

2 Women prefer flexibility in work condition

3 Women cannot quality any work which is available throughout the year

4 Women are less qualified to take up main work

View Answer

Answer: Women cannot quality any work which is available throughout the year

15 What proportion of the households in India practice open defecation as per the 2011 census ?

1 About half

2 About one third

3 About two third

4 About one fifth

View Answer

Answer: About half

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