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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) .
| 1. |
Among the following States, which has highest percentage decadal growth rate during the 2001 – 2011? |
| A. | Arunachal Pradesh |
| B. | Bihar |
| C. | Rajasthan |
| D. | Madhya Pradesh |
| Answer» A. Arunachal Pradesh | |
| 2. |
As per 2011 Census of India, which is the overall sex ratio of the country’s population? |
| A. | 820 |
| B. | 840 |
| C. | 920 |
| D. | 940 |
| Answer» D. 940 | |
| 3. |
Which among the following rate is referred as probabilistic rate? |
| A. | Migration rate |
| B. | Crude death rate |
| C. | Marriage rate |
| D. | Crude birth rate |
| Answer» C. Marriage rate | |
| 4. |
Which among the following is not a non-probability sampling? |
| A. | Accidental Sampling |
| B. | Purposive Sampling |
| C. | Quota Sampling |
| D. | Simple Random Sampling |
| Answer» A. Accidental Sampling | |
| 5. |
Which among the North-Eastern States of India has the highest literacy level as per 2011 Census? |
| A. | Tripura |
| B. | Mizoram |
| C. | Meghalaya |
| D. | Manipur |
| Answer» B. Mizoram | |
| 6. |
What is the estimated share of disabled persons in India according to 2001 Census? |
| A. | Less than 2% |
| B. | Less than 10% |
| C. | Less than 15% |
| D. | Less than 5% |
| Answer» A. Less than 2% | |
| 7. |
Which one among the following term refers to number of children an average woman can bear in her reproductive span? |
| A. | Fertility |
| B. | Fecundity |
| C. | Real birth rate |
| D. | Crude death rate |
| Answer» B. Fecundity | |
| 8. |
. If sex ratio of birth is constant at 1.05, then the Gross Reproduction Rate (GRR) can be calculated using Total Fertility Rate (TFR) by the formula |
| A. | GRR = (1.00 TFR) /1.05 |
| B. | GRR = 1.00 / (1.05 TFR) |
| C. | GRR = (1.00 TFR) / 2.05 |
| D. | GRR = 1.00 / (2.05 TFR) |
| Answer» C. GRR = (1.00 TFR) / 2.05 | |
| 9. |
If country A has a higher life expectancy than country B, but A has higher crude death rate, it is likely that |
| A. | A’s population is younger than that of B. |
| B. | A’s population is older than that of B. |
| C. | A’s population has a high infant mortality rate. |
| D. | None of the above is probable. |
| Answer» A. A’s population is younger than that of B. | |
| 10. |
Which among the following does not explain the law of urbanization? |
| A. | Push and Pull factors |
| B. | Dispersal and Segregation |
| C. | Distance-Decay function |
| D. | Laws of gravity |
| Answer» B. Dispersal and Segregation | |
| 11. |
Assertion (A): International Migration leads to rise in productivity in both the sending and receiving countries.
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| A. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| B. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of(A). |
| C. | (A) is true and (R) is false. |
| D. | (A) is false and (R) is true. |
| Answer» A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). | |
| 12. |
Which of the following countries has the highest out migration of the nursing professionals? |
| A. | The Philippines |
| B. | Pakistan |
| C. | Bhutan |
| D. | India |
| Answer» A. The Philippines | |
| 13. |
Which of the following did not give a model of city structure? |
| A. | Homer Hoyt |
| B. | E.W. Burgess |
| C. | Harris and Ullman |
| D. | Michael &Todaro |
| Answer» D. Michael &Todaro | |
| 14. |
. Which of the following is known for his contribution towards theorising social composition of population? |
| A. | Goldsteen and Sly |
| B. | Shyrock and Siegal |
| C. | Talcott Parsons |
| D. | D.J. Bogue |
| Answer» C. Talcott Parsons | |
| 15. |
In which stage of industrialization given below the fourth stage (4) of Demographic Transition Theory would occur? |
| A. | Advanced Industrialization and Urbanization stage |
| B. | Pre-industrial stage |
| C. | Early Industrial stage |
| D. | Post-industrial stage |
| Answer» A. Advanced Industrialization and Urbanization stage | |
| 16. |
Which of the following is not a measure of socio-economic status? |
| A. | Physical Quality of Life Index |
| B. | Human Development Index |
| C. | Gender Empowerment Measure |
| D. | Body Mass Index |
| Answer» D. Body Mass Index | |
| 17. |
Which one of the following is not a spacing method of family planning? |
| A. | Hormonal Method |
| B. | Barrier Method |
| C. | Vasectomy |
| D. | Intrauterine Device (IUD) |
| Answer» C. Vasectomy | |
| 18. |
In which year, the Government of India launched the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Programme? |
| A. | 1994 |
| B. | 1995 |
| C. | 1996 |
| D. | 1993 |
| Answer» B. 1995 | |
| 19. |
Which variable among the following are not demographic characteristics of the population? |
| A. | Age structure |
| B. | Sex structure |
| C. | Marital status |
| D. | Literacy level |
| Answer» D. Literacy level | |
| 20. |
When does National Sample Survey (NSS) started collecting data on births and deaths? |
| A. | 1950 – 51 |
| B. | 1954 – 55 |
| C. | 1956 – 57 |
| D. | 1958 – 59 |
| Answer» D. 1958 – 59 | |
| 21. |
The number of live births per 1,000 people in a population in a year is known as _____. |
| A. | Fecundity |
| B. | Fertility |
| C. | Crude birth rate |
| D. | Basic demographic equation |
| Answer» C. Crude birth rate | |
| 22. |
An enumeration or counting of a population is referred to as |
| A. | vital statistics |
| B. | Census |
| C. | fertility rate |
| D. | growth rate |
| Answer» B. Census | |
| 23. |
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» C. vital statistics | |
| 24. |
__________ 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» A. demographic transition | |
| 25. |
The term ——————————— refers to relatively permanent movement of people from one place to another? |
| A. | immigration |
| B. | emigration |
| C. | migration |
| D. | demographic transition |
| Answer» C. migration | |
| 26. |
Which one of the following has higher population density as compared to India? |
| A. | Canada |
| B. | India |
| C. | China |
| D. | Bangladesh |
| Answer» D. Bangladesh | |
| 27. |
The main cause for the high growth of our population is |
| A. | decline of death rate |
| B. | decrease in birth rate |
| C. | rise in death rate |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. decline of death rate | |
| 28. |
Which of the following is the most significant feature of Indian population? |
| A. | improvement in the literacy level |
| B. | the size of its adolescent population |
| C. | improvement in health condition |
| D. | declining in birth rate |
| Answer» D. declining in birth rate | |
| 29. |
The number of people in different age group is referred as |
| A. | adolescent population |
| B. | age composition |
| C. | sex ratio |
| D. | occupational structure |
| Answer» B. age composition | |
| 30. |
What is the average sex ratio of India as per 2001 census? |
| A. | 900 |
| B. | 933 |
| C. | 923 |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. 933 | |
| 31. |
Which among the following States has shown fast decline in growth rate during 2011 compared to 2001 |
| A. | Andhra Pradesh |
| B. | West Bengal |
| C. | Maharashtra |
| D. | Bihar |
| Answer» C. Maharashtra | |
| 32. |
As per the 2001 Census of India the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes together constitute. What percentage to the total population of the country? |
| A. | 24 percent |
| B. | 26 percent |
| C. | 28 percent |
| D. | 30 percent |
| Answer» A. 24 percent | |
| 33. |
According to 2011 Census of India the density of population is |
| A. | 250 – 299 persons per sq. km. |
| B. | 300 – 349 persons per sq. km. |
| C. | 350 – 399 persons per sq. km. |
| D. | 400 – 450 persons per sq. km. |
| Answer» C. 350 – 399 persons per sq. km. | |
| 34. |
Child-Woman ratio is a measure of |
| A. | Population growth |
| B. | Migration |
| C. | Mortality |
| D. | Fertility |
| Answer» D. Fertility | |
| 35. |
As per the 2011 Census of India which State among the following has highest female literacy rate? |
| A. | Delhi |
| B. | Goa |
| C. | Kerala |
| D. | Mizoram |
| Answer» C. Kerala | |
| 36. |
What is the shape of the graph of human population growth to the present resembles? |
| A. | ‘U’ shaped curve |
| B. | ‘J’ shaped curve |
| C. | ‘S’ shaped curve |
| D. | Horizontal curve |
| Answer» B. ‘J’ shaped curve | |
| 37. |
As per the Census of India 2011 the sex ratio in Kerala ranges in which of the category? |
| A. | 850 – 900 females per thousand males |
| B. | 901 – 950 females per thousand males |
| C. | 951 – 1000 females per thousand males |
| D. | Above 1001 females per thousand males |
| Answer» D. Above 1001 females per thousand males | |
| 38. |
For calculation of Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR). The denominator is |
| A. | Total number of women in reproductive age in given time |
| B. | Total number of pregnancies in given time. |
| C. | Total number of live births in given time |
| D. | Total population in given time |
| Answer» C. Total number of live births in given time | |
| 39. |
For computation of Infant Mortality Rate, the denominator iswww.netugc.com |
| A. | Total number of pregnancies in given time |
| B. | Total number of live births and still births in given time. |
| C. | Total number of live births in given time. |
| D. | Total population of areas in given time. |
| Answer» C. Total number of live births in given time. | |
| 40. |
Which one of the following States is mostly urbanized? |
| A. | Andhra Pradesh |
| B. | Tamil Nadu |
| C. | Maharashtra |
| D. | Orissa |
| Answer» C. Maharashtra | |
| 41. |
When did the national population policy came into effect? |
| A. | 1952 |
| B. | 2001 |
| C. | 2000 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» C. 2000 | |
| 42. |
The average number of persons per unit area, such as square kilometer, is termed as which of the following? |
| A. | population distribution |
| B. | population growth |
| C. | absolute population |
| D. | population density |
| Answer» D. population density | |
| 43. |
India occupies ————— rank among the population of the different countries of the world? |
| A. | a. third |
| B. | first |
| C. | fourth |
| D. | second |
| Answer» D. second | |
| 44. |
Name the state having highest percentage of literacy level? |
| A. | West Bengal |
| B. | Punjab |
| C. | Kerala |
| D. | Maharashtra |
| Answer» C. Kerala | |
| 45. |
Which is the most populous country of the world? |
| A. | Russia |
| B. | united states |
| C. | China |
| D. | India |
| Answer» C. China | |
| 46. |
The social indicator to measure the extent of equality between males and females in a society at a given time? |
| A. | Death rate |
| B. | literacy rate |
| C. | age composition |
| D. | Sex ratio |
| Answer» D. Sex ratio | |
| 47. |
Which is the year that experienced great demographic divide in the history of population? |
| A. | 1751 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1911 |
| Answer» B. 1921 | |
| 48. |
Which of the following is the major concern about the study of population in a country? |
| A. | population size and distribution |
| B. | characteristics of population |
| C. | population growth and process of population change |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» B. characteristics of population | |
| 49. |
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 |
| Answer» B. 10 years | |
| 50. |
Sex ratio means…………… |
| A. | difference between birth rate and death rate |
| B. | Number of females per thousand males |
| C. | Number of females per hundred males |
| D. | the study of population growth |
| Answer» B. Number of females per thousand males | |
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