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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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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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