Deck 1: Population Studies and Demographics

Question 1

An enumeration or counting of a population is referred to as

A)vital statistic
B)census
C)fertility rate c
D)growth rate

Answer 1

census

Question 2

Records of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces, gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units, are referred to as

A)census
B)demography
C)vital statistics
D)none of the above

Answer 2

vital statistics

Question 3

__________ is the change from high birthrates and death rates to relatively low birthrates and death rates.

A)demographic transition
B)growth rate
C)demographic rate
D)morbidity

Answer 3

demographic transition

Question 4

Which one of the following has higher population density as compared to India?

A)canada
B)india
C)china
D)bangladesh

Question 5

What is the average sex ratio of India as per 2001 census?

A)900
B)933
C)923
D)none of the above

Question 6

India occupies ---------- rank among the population of the different countries of the world?

A)a. third
B)first
C)fourth
D)second

Question 7

Name the state having highest percentage of literacy level?

A)west bengal
B)punjab
C)kerala
D)maharashtra

Question 8

Which is the year that experienced great demographic divide in the history of population?

A)1751
B)1921
C)1931
D)1911

Question 9

The time span for the official enumeration of population to carry out census?

A)1 years
B)10 years
C)2 years
D)5 years

Question 10

Who was the exponent of optimum population theory ?

A)malthus
B)edwin cannan
C)adam smith
D)amarthyasen

Question 11

The term "development"

A)is useful because it is unambiguous - everyone understands what the word means.
B)is highly contested and embodies the politics of the user.
C)is change towards in a desired direction
D)all of the above

Question 12

If both fertility and mortality decline, then:

A)proportion of dependent children will increase
B)proportion of active population will increase
C)proportion of dependent aged will increase
D)proportion of dependent aged will decrease

Question 13

Largest component of internal migration in India is:

A)rural urban migration
B)urban rural migration
C)marriage migration
D)rural migration

Question 14

Who has said that 'Democracy is concerned with the behaviour or the aggregate and not with the behaviour of individual'

A)donald j bogue
B)peter r cox
C)h strenford
D)w g barclay

Question 15

Who postulated that fertility increases in response to the progress of society?

A)herbert spencer
B)corrado gini
C)e m hoover
D)c p blacker

Question 16

Human population can:

A)exist apart from cultural interaction
B)exist a part from social interaction
C)exist a part from social-cultural interaction
D)not exist apart from social-cultural interaction

Question 17

Low birth rate and pregnancy wastage in the population are primarily due to:

A)traditional practices
B)maternal malnutrition
C)female illiteracy
D)insufficient health care

Question 18

Who gave the concept of social capillarity?

A)a bose
B)l wirth
C)l dumont
D)r k mukherjee

Question 19

The term 'political socialization' was used by:

A)herbert hayman
B)herbert spencer
C)almond powell
D)easton and dannis

Question 20

The scientific study of population is known as ---------------

A)population studies
B)demography
C)population science
D)gerentology

Question 21

Which is the pull factor of Migration?

A)religious conversion
B)natural calamities
C)political disorder
D)employment opportunities

Question 22

A special type of bar chart that distributes the population by gender and age, and is generally used to illustrate the population structure of a society, is called a/an

A)analysis of variance
B)population pyramid
C)chi-square
D)multiple regression