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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (BA Sociology) , Sociology (CBCS) .
| 51. |
Most of the population theories have been emerged in which century? |
| A. | Seventeenth |
| B. | Eighteenth |
| C. | Nineteenth |
| D. | Twentieth |
| Answer» A. Seventeenth | |
| 52. |
Which among the following States/Union Territories in India showed highest percentage in decadal growth rate during the decade (2001- 2011)? |
| A. | Bihar |
| B. | Arunachal Pradesh |
| C. | Uttar Pradesh |
| D. | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
| Answer» D. Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |
| 53. |
From which year ‘de facto’ enumeration was replaced by ‘de jure’ in the Indian Census? |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1941 |
| C. | 1951 |
| D. | 2011 |
| Answer» B. 1941 | |
| 54. |
During which period, India’s population marked negative growth rate? |
| A. | 1901 – 11 |
| B. | 1911 – 21 |
| C. | 1991 – 2001 |
| D. | 1921 – 31 |
| Answer» B. 1911 – 21 | |
| 55. |
According to the Census of India 2011, which among the following has shown lowest density of population |
| A. | Sikkim |
| B. | Arunachal Pradesh |
| C. | Mizoram |
| D. | Andaman & Nicobar Island |
| Answer» B. Arunachal Pradesh | |
| 56. |
Information on which of the following topics is not provided by Indian Census? |
| A. | Demographic characteristics |
| B. | Economic characteristics |
| C. | Health Status of the Population |
| D. | Household characteristics |
| Answer» C. Health Status of the Population | |
| 57. |
Which variable among the following is not social characteristic of the population? |
| A. | Religious composition |
| B. | Caste/Ethnic composition |
| C. | Literacy and Education |
| D. | Sex-composition |
| Answer» D. Sex-composition | |
| 58. |
Which factors is not included in preparation of human development Index? |
| A. | Adult literacy |
| B. | Expectation of life at birth |
| C. | Per capita income |
| D. | Nutritional status of children |
| Answer» D. Nutritional status of children | |
| 59. |
Post neonatal mortality is |
| A. | Probability of dying in the first month of life |
| B. | Probability of dying in the first year of life. |
| C. | Probability of dying after first month and before the first birthday. |
| D. | Probability of dying between first and the fifth birthday. |
| Answer» C. Probability of dying after first month and before the first birthday. | |
| 60. |
Identify the negative consequences of urban growth |
| A. | Increase in vehicular pollution |
| B. | Increase in industrial emission |
| C. | Increase in solid and liquid waste generation |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 61. |
Who was the exponent of optimum population theory ? |
| A. | Malthus |
| B. | Edwin Cannan |
| C. | Adam smith |
| D. | Amarthyasen |
| Answer» B. Edwin Cannan | |
| 62. |
Malthus‘s work is usually associated with the view that |
| A. | Improved technology can overcome the problems of population growth. |
| B. | Overpopulation will lead to social and political crisis. |
| C. | Morality and religious approaches are the most effective counter forces to overpopulation, not government policy. |
| D. | All of the above. |
| Answer» B. Overpopulation will lead to social and political crisis. | |
| 63. |
Demographic Transition Theory |
| A. | Was originally developed to explain population explosions in the Third World. |
| B. | 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. |
| C. | Explains population growth in industrializing societies in terms of a time lag between falling death rates and falling birth rates. |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Explains population growth in industrializing societies in terms of a time lag between falling death rates and falling birth rates. | |
| 64. |
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 |
| Answer» C. Is change towards in a desired direction. | |
| 65. |
The major concern of social demography is the: |
| A. | Contemporary problem of the relation of population trends to social and economic development |
| B. | Relationship between aggregate demographic nomena and regularities in other social and individual units of human behavior |
| C. | Analysis of how general, social and cultural factors |
| D. | Study of size, composition and distribution of population at the present time |
| Answer» D. Study of size, composition and distribution of population at the present time | |
| 66. |
Dc-facto census method is related to: |
| A. | Counting of the population on the basis of its permanent residential status |
| B. | Counting of the population according to where it is for a fortnight preceding the census. |
| C. | Counting of the populating according to where it is on the night the census |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Counting of the population according to where it is for a fortnight preceding the census. | |
| 67. |
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 |
| Answer» C. Proportion of dependent aged will increase | |
| 68. |
Largest component of internal migration in India is: |
| A. | Rural urban migration |
| B. | Urban rural migration |
| C. | Marriage migration |
| D. | Rural migration |
| Answer» A. Rural urban migration | |
| 69. |
Who has said that ‘Democracy is concerned with the behavior or the aggregate and not with the behavior of individual?’ |
| A. | Donald J Bogue |
| B. | Peter R Cox |
| C. | H Strenford |
| D. | W G Barclay |
| Answer» D. W G Barclay | |
| 70. |
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 |
| Answer» A. Herbert Spencer | |
| 71. |
Identify the consequences of urbanisation |
| A. | Physical expansion of the city |
| B. | Increase in housing stock |
| C. | Up scaling of basic infrastructure |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 72. |
Which one amongst the following is not a indicator of social development? |
| A. | Primary school enrolment rate |
| B. | Literacy rate |
| C. | Child malnutrition |
| D. | Net Reproduction Rate |
| Answer» D. Net Reproduction Rate | |
| 73. |
Which of the following is not a component of physical quality of Life Index? |
| A. | Infant mortality |
| B. | Literacy |
| C. | Longevity |
| D. | Fertility |
| Answer» D. Fertility | |
| 74. |
As per the National Population Policy of India, the long term objective is to achieve a stable population by the year |
| A. | 2010 |
| B. | 2020 |
| C. | 2030 |
| D. | 2045 |
| Answer» D. 2045 | |
| 75. |
Some salient features of a census are
|
| A. | 1, 2 and 3 are correct. |
| B. | 2, 3 and 4 are correct. |
| C. | 1, 3 and 4 are correct. |
| D. | 1, 2 and 4 are correct. |
| Answer» B. 2, 3 and 4 are correct. | |
| 76. |
With regard to Indian Census, which one is correctly matched? |
| A. | Census of India Act: 1948 |
| B. | Start of dejure method of Census taking: 1931 |
| C. | Reference date of 1971 Census: Feb.9, 1971 |
| D. | Start of Census taking: 1881 |
| Answer» A. Census of India Act: 1948 | |
| 77. |
Which one of the following possesses dual recording system of vital events? |
| A. | NSS |
| B. | NFHS |
| C. | SRS |
| D. | Census |
| Answer» C. SRS | |
| 78. |
As per 2011 Census, effective literacy rate in India is about |
| A. | 70 percent |
| B. | 80 percent |
| C. | 65 percent |
| D. | 50 percent |
| Answer» A. 70 percent | |
| 79. |
Which of the following is not related to the study of fertility? |
| A. | Fecundity |
| B. | Birth Spacing |
| C. | Reproductive health |
| D. | Child immunization |
| Answer» D. Child immunization | |
| 80. |
What is the correct number of questions in the household schedule (for population enumeration) used in 2011 Census? |
| A. | 35 |
| B. | 21 |
| C. | 29 |
| D. | 26 |
| Answer» C. 29 | |
| 81. |
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 |
| Answer» D. not exist apart from social-cultural interaction | |
| 82. |
When over a period of time, the death rate in society reduces due to overall developments of life style and at the same time the birth rate does not fall down; population increases very fast as a result of it. This leads to over-population. This theory is known as: |
| A. | demographic theory |
| B. | population explosion theory |
| C. | theory of demographic transition |
| D. | demographic explosion theory |
| Answer» B. population explosion theory | |
| 83. |
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 |
| Answer» A. traditional practices | |
| 84. |
Who gave the concept of social capillarity? |
| A. | A Bose |
| B. | L Wirth |
| C. | L Dumont |
| D. | R K Mukherjee |
| Answer» C. L Dumont | |
| 85. |
The term ‘political socialization’ was used by: |
| A. | Herbert Hayman |
| B. | Herbert Spencer |
| C. | Almond Powell |
| D. | Easton and Dannis |
| Answer» A. Herbert Hayman | |
| 86. |
The scientific study of population is known as ——————— |
| A. | Population studies |
| B. | Demography |
| C. | Population science |
| D. | Gerentology |
| Answer» B. Demography | |
| 87. |
Which is the pull factor of Migration? |
| A. | Religious conversion |
| B. | Natural calamities |
| C. | Political disorder |
| D. | Employment opportunities |
| Answer» D. Employment opportunities | |
| 88. |
is the median number of years a person can be expected to live under certain mortality conditions |
| A. | Life expectancy |
| B. | Mortality rate |
| C. | Growth rate |
| D. | Fertility rate |
| Answer» A. Life expectancy | |
| 89. |
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 |
| Answer» B. Population pyramid | |
| 90. |
Is the state of a population where the number of births plus immigrants equals the number of deaths plus emigrants? |
| A. | Demographic echo |
| B. | Zero population growth |
| C. | Rebound |
| D. | Demographic transition |
| Answer» B. Zero population growth | |
| 91. |
National Health Policy was adopted in India in which of the following years? |
| A. | 1963 |
| B. | 1973 |
| C. | 1983 |
| D. | 1993 |
| Answer» C. 1983 | |
| 92. |
When was the National Forest Policy formulated for the first time in the independent India? |
| A. | 1952 |
| B. | 1961 |
| C. | 1971 |
| D. | 2002 |
| Answer» A. 1952 | |
| 93. |
NACO is an organisation which deals with which of the following health concerns? |
| A. | HIV/AIDS |
| B. | Kala Azar |
| C. | Pneumonia |
| D. | Typhoid |
| Answer» A. HIV/AIDS | |
| 94. |
Which of the following services are not provided by the Anganwadi Centres? |
| A. | Immunisation and health check-ups |
| B. | Treatment of minor illnesses and referral |
| C. | Growth monitoring and supplementary feeding |
| D. | Water and sanitation |
| Answer» D. Water and sanitation | |
| 95. |
As per the norms for the health facilities in India, what population size should be served by a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in hilly and tribal areas? |
| A. | 20,000 |
| B. | 50,000 |
| C. | 1,00,000 |
| D. | 10,000 |
| Answer» A. 20,000 | |
| 96. |
Nodal agency for Annual Health Survey (AHS) in India is |
| A. | International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) |
| B. | Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India |
| C. | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
| D. | Indian Council of Medical Research |
| Answer» B. Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India | |
| 97. |
When Sample Registration System (SRS) was initiated on pilot basis by the Registrar General of India? |
| A. | 1962-63 |
| B. | 1963-64 |
| C. | 1964-65 |
| D. | 1965-66 |
| Answer» C. 1964-65 | |
| 98. |
During which Census information on Male age at marriage was introduced in India? |
| A. | 1981 |
| B. | 1991 |
| C. | 2001 |
| D. | 2011 |
| Answer» C. 2001 | |
| 99. |
Which of the following country conducts Census at 5 years interval? |
| A. | United Kingdom |
| B. | Canada |
| C. | India |
| D. | Pakistan |
| Answer» B. Canada | |
| 100. |
Which of the following is not included for the calculation of Human Development Index? |
| A. | Longevity |
| B. | Education |
| C. | Income |
| D. | Housing |
| Answer» D. Housing | |
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