India : Population (Part – VI)

Total Questions: 50

41. The total fertility rate in India is highest in: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2001]

(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer: (b) Bihar

Solution:During the question period, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of Uttar Pradesh was higher than all other States of India. According to the data of NFHS-5 (2019-21), the four States with the highest total fertility rates are: Bihar (3.0), Meghalaya (2.9), Uttar Pradesh (2.4) and Jharkhand (2.3), while the States with the lowest TFRs are Sikkim (1.1) and Goa (1.3). Hence, it is clear that, at present, the total fertility rate of Bihar is higher than all other States in India. The TFR of the country declined to 2.2 in 2018 (SRS) and as per NFHS-5 (2019-21) it is now reduced to 2.0.2

42. What is total fertility rate (TFR) in Chhattisgarh as per Fifth National Family Health Survey, 2019-21? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

(a) 1.8
(b) 2.0
(c) 2.2
(d) 2.4

Correct Answer: (a) 1.8

Solution:

As per Fifth National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), 2019- 21, the total fertility rate (TFR) in Chhattisgarh is at 1.8 children per woman. In urban areas of Chhattisgarh it is at 1.4 while in rural areas of Chhattisgarh, it is at 1.9.

43. When the Couple Protection Rate is going up: [I.A.S. (Pre) 1993]

(a) birth rate must necessarily fall
(b) birth rate will fall only if couples are of younger age
(c) death rate must necessarily fall
(d) infant mortality rate must be falling

Correct Answer: (b) birth rate will fall only if couples are of younger age

Solution:The Couple Protection Rate (CPR) is the most effective way of reducing the birth rate. An increase in the couple protection rate is most effective if it occurs among younger couples.

44. Assertion (A): The size of population and its composition are responsible for the social change. [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

Reason (R): The fertility of occupational groups in which the wives engage more generally in gainful occupations is lower than that of other groups in the same economic category.

Codes:

(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, but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.jio

Correct Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Solution:The structure of population like education, health, economic status etc. are major major factors of social changes. Similarly, fertility of working women is lower than that of non- working women. Hence both the Assertion and the Reason are true and the Reason also explains the Assertion.

45. Which one of the following States has the highest female life expectancy at birth (year 2001-06)? [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl.) (Mains) 2004]

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Odisha
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Punjab

Correct Answer: (d) Punjab

Solution:The female life expectancy at birth (in years) in the given States are as follows:

States	Female Life Expectancy at Birth (2001-06)	Female Life Expectancy at Birth (2016-20)
Punjab	70.4	74.5
Odisha	59.6	71.4
Uttar Pradesh	59.5	66.7
Tamil Nadu	67.4	75.5

46. If the birth and death rates are the same and there is no internal or external migration, then there is no change in the population, this is known as: [U.P.U.D.A.L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Steady population
(b) Zero population growth
(c) Dynamic population
(d) Stability of Population

Correct Answer: (d) Stability of Population

Solution:

Population stabilization is the level at which there is no change in population. The population of the World is said to be stable at a time when the birth and death rates are the same, how- ever in the cases of some specific countries, people coming to and going from the country are also counted in the population. In such a situation, the level of population in that country will be said to be stable when the number of children born in the country and those coming from outside the country and the number of people who die in the country and those who go out of the country will be equal.

47. Crude death rate in India presently stands at: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2007]

(a) below 9 percent
(b) between 9 to 10 percent
(c) between 10 to 11 percent
(d) between 10 to 12 percent

Correct Answer: (a) below 9 percent

Solution:According to Economic-Survey 2006-07, the Crude death rate was 7.6 per thousand population in 2005. As per SRS Bulletin released in May 2022, the Crude death rate is 6.0 per thousand in the year 2020.

48. Death rate in India in the year 2000, is estimated to be: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2001]

(a) 16 per thousand
(b) 14 per thousand
(c) 12 per thousand
(d) 9 per thousand

Correct Answer: (d) 9 per thousand

Solution:The death rate in India in the year 2000 was 8.5 per thousand, which is close to 9 per thousand. Hence, the correct option would be option (d). As per SRS bulletin data released in May 2022, India's death rate has been 6.0 per thousand in the year 2020.

49. Among the following in which State the death rate in the year 2015 was lowest? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

(a) Maharashtra
(b) West Bengal
(c) Gujarat
(d) Karnataka

Correct Answer: (a) Maharashtra

Solution:As per the SRS Bulletin of December 2016, among the given States, the death rate in the year 2015 was lowest in Maharashtra.

State	Death Rate (2015)	Death Rate (2020)
Maharashtra	5.8	5.5
West Bengal	5.9	5.5
Gujarat	6.1	5.6
Karnataka	6.6	6.2

As per the SRS Bulletin of May 2022, for the year 2020, in 21 bigger States/UTs, the death rate ranges from 3.6 in NCT of Delhi to 7.9 in Chhattisgarh.

50. Consider the following statements: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2009]

1. Infant mortality rate takes into account the death of infants within a month after birth.

2. Infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths in a particular year per 100 live births during that year.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer: (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Solution:The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), which is widely accepted as a crude indicator of the overall health scenario of a country or a region, is defined as the infant deaths (less than one year) per thousand (1000) live births in a given time period (generally during a year) and for a given region. Hence, both of the given statements are incorrect.

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