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This set of Population and Society Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Population And Society Set 1
Q1 | The number of live births per 1,000 people in a population in a year is known as _____.
- fecundity
- fertility
- crude birth rate
- basic demographic equation
Q2 | An enumeration or counting of a population is referred to as
- vital statistics
- census
- fertility rate c
- growth rate
Q3 | Records of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces, gathered through a registrationsystem maintained by governmental units, are referred to as
- census
- demography
- vital statistics
- none of the above
Q4 | __________ is the change from high birthrates and death rates to relatively lowbirthrates and death rates.
- demographic transition
- growth rate
- demographic rate
- morbidity
Q5 | The term ---------------------- refers to relatively permanent movement of people from oneplace to another?
- immigration
- emigration
- migration
- demographic transition
Q6 | Which one of the following has higher population density as compared to India?
- canada
- india
- china
- bangladesh
Q7 | the main cause for the high growth of our population is
- decline of death rate
- decrease in birth rate
- rise in death rate
- none of these
Q8 | Which of the following is the most significant feature of Indian population?
- improvement in the literacy level
- the size of its adolescent population
- improvement in health condition
- declining in birth rate
Q9 | The number of people in different age group is referred as
- adolescent population
- age composition
- sex ratio
- occupational structure
Q10 | What is the average sex ratio of India as per 2001 census?
- 900
- 933
- 923
- none of the above
Q11 | When did the national population policy came into effect?
- 1952
- 2001
- 2000
- 1947
Q12 | The average number of persons per unit area, such as square kilometer, is termed aswhich of the following?
- population distribution
- population growth
- absolute population
- population density
Q13 | India occupies ---------- rank among the population of the different countries of theworld?
- a. third
- first
- fourth
- second
Q14 | Name the state having highest percentage of literacy level?
- west bengal
- punjab
- kerala
- maharashtra
Q15 | Which is the most populous country of the world?
- a. russia
- united states
- china
- india
Q16 | The social indicator to measure the extent of equality between males and females in asociety at a given time?
- death rate
- literacy rate
- age composition
- sex ratio
Q17 | Which is the year that experienced great demographic divide in the history ofpopulation?
- 1751
- 1921
- 1931
- 1911
Q18 | Which of the following is the major concern about the study of population in acountry?
- population size and distribution
- characteristics of population
- population growth and process of population change
- all of the above
Q19 | The time span for the official enumeration of population to carry out census?
- a. 1 years
- 10 years
- 2 years
- 5 years
Q20 | Sex ratio means……………
- difference between birth rate and death rate
- number of females per thousand males
- number of females per hundred males
- the study of population growth
Q21 | Who was the exponent of optimum population theory ?
- malthus
- edwin cannan
- adam smith
- amarthyasen
Q22 | Malthus ‘s work is usually associated with the view that
- improved technology can overcome the problems of population growth.
- overpopulation will lead to social and political crises.
- morality and religious approaches are the most effective counter forces to overpopulation, not government policy.
- all of the above.
Q23 | Demographic Transition Theory
- was originally developed to explain population explosions in the third world.
- explains population growth in industrializing societies in terms of a time lag between when people die and when their children or grand children are born.
- explains population growth in industrializing societies in terms of a time lag between falling death rates and falling birth rates.
- all of the above
Q24 | The term “development”
- is useful because it is unambiguous – everyone understands what the word means.
- is highly contested and embodies the politics of the user.
- is change towards in a desired direction
- all of the above
Q25 | The major concern of social demography is the:
- contemporary problem of the relation of population trends to social and economic development
- relationship between aggregate demographic nomena and regularities in other social and individual units of human behavior
- analysis of how general, social and cultural factors
- study of size, composition and distribution of population at the present time