UGC-NET (NTA) Exam, POPULATION STUDIES, December-2019

Total Questions: 100

71. Match the factor that affects Routine Health Information System (RHIS) performance given in List-I with its descriptions given in

List-IList-II
(a) Technical factor(i) Planning, supervision and training
(b) Behavioural factor(ii) Skills to check data quality
(c) Organisational factor(iii) Data processing and transmission
(d) Process related factor(iv) Complexity of reporting forms and practices

Choose the correct option:

(a)(b)(c)(d)
A(iv)(ii)(i)(iii)
B(ii)(iv)(i)(iii)
C(ii)(iv)(iii)(i)
D(iv)(ii)(iii)(i)
Correct Answer: A.

72. Match the important events in the Family Welfare Programme in India given in List-I with their year given in List-II.

List-IList-II
(a) Change in name from Family Planning to Family Welfare Programme(i) 2005
(b) Implementation of National Rural Health Mission(ii) 2000
(c) Target Free Approach in Health and Family Welfare Programme(iii) 1977
(d) Introduction of National Population Policy(iv) 1996

Choose the correct option:

(a)(b)(c)(d)
A(iv)(ii)(iii)(i)
B(iii)(i)(ii)(iv)
C(iv)(ii)(i)(iii)
D(iii)(i)(iv)(ii)
Correct Answer: D.

73. Match the nutritional deficiency signs given in List-I with their explanations given in List-II.

List-IList-II
(a) Night blindness(i) Energy deficiency among infants
(b) Rickets(ii) Deficiency of Vitamin A
(c) Marasmus(iii) Deficiency of Vitamin D
(d) Anemia(iv) Deficiency of Iron

Choose the correct option:

(a)(b)(c)(d)
A(ii)(i)(iii)(iv)
B(ii)(iii)(i)(iv)
C(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
D(iii)(iv)(ii)(i)
Correct Answer: B.

74. Using Life Table terms of Iₓ, Dₓ, Lₓ etc, match the terms shown in List-I with the expressions shown in List-II.

List-IList-II
(a) Survival rate from age x to x + 5(i) ₅D/₅Lₓ
(b) Age specific death rate for ages x to x + 5(ii) lₓ₊₅
(c) Probability of death in ages x to x + 5(iii) ₅Dₓ /lₓ
(d) Population in the beginning to age x + 5(iv) lₓ₊₅ / Lₓ

Choose the correct option:

(a)(b)(c)(d)
A(iv)(i)(iii)(ii)
B(iii)(ii)(iv)(i)
C(i)(iii)(iv)(ii)
D(iv)(iii)(i)(ii)
Correct Answer: A.

75. Match the following fertility indices given by Coale (1961) with their definitions:


Choose the correct option:

(a)(b)(c)(d)
A(iv)(iii)(i)(ii)
B(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
C(ii)(iii)(iv)(i)
D(iii)(iv)(ii)(i)
Correct Answer: A.

76. Match the inter-censal period given in List-I with the corresponding population decadal growth rate given in List-II.

List-IList-II
(a) 2001–2011(i) 24.66
(b) 1991–2001(ii) 23.87
(c) 1981–1991(iii) 17.64
(d) 1971–1981(iv) 21.54

Choose the correct option:

(a)(b)(c)(d)
A(iii)(iv)(ii)(i)
B(iii)(iv)(i)(ii)
C(iv)(iii)(ii)(i)
D(iv)(iii)(i)(ii)
Correct Answer: A.

77. Assume that the following data are available.

P₁ = Population in the beginning of the year 2015
P₂ = Population in the end of the year 2015
D = Deaths in the year 2015
Then match the terms given in List-I with the mathematical expression shown in List-II.

List-IList-II
(a) Risk of mortality in the year 2015(i) 2D / (P₁ + P₂)
(b) Survival rates from 2015 to 2016(ii) P₂ − P₁
(c) Crude death rate per person(iii) D / P₁
(d) Survivors of the year 2015(iv) P₂ / P₁

Choose the correct option:

(a)(b)(c)(d)
A(iv)(ii)(i)(iii)
B(iii)(iv)(i)(ii)
C(i)(iii)(iv)(ii)
D(iv)(ii)(iii)(i)
Correct Answer: B.

78. Match the sources of data given in List-I with the information given in List-II.

List-IList-II
(a) Census of India(i) Consumer expenditure
(b) National Sample Survey(ii) Birth and death
(c) Sample Registration System(iii) Reproductive health
(d) National Family Health Survey(iv) Total Population

Choose the correct option:

(a)(b)(c)(d)
A(iv)(i)(ii)(iii)
B(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
C(ii)(i)(iv)(iii)
D(iii)(ii)(i)(iv)
Correct Answer: A.

79. Arrange the following countries in ascending order according to their annual growth rate of population for the period 2010-19:

(a) China
(b) India
(c) USA
(d) Brazil
Choose the correct option:

Correct Answer: C. China, USA, Brazil, India

80. Arrange the following four indicators of fertility according to their degree of refinement, low to high:

(a) Total Marital Fertility Rate (TMFR)
(b) General Fertility Rate (GFR)
(c) Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
(d) Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
Choose the correct option:

Correct Answer: D. CBR, GFR, TFR, TMFR