UGC-NET (NTA) POPULATION STUDIES, June-2019

Total Questions: 100

81. Which large state in India has the highest per cent of urban population in 2011 Census?

Correct Answer: B. Tamil Nadu

82. In Hajnal's Sigulate Mean Age at Marriage (SMAM) method, which one of the following assumptions does NOT hold true?

Correct Answer: C. No change in age structure

83. Find the odd-one out based on the basis of respective viewpoints of population development interrelations:

Correct Answer: A. Robert Wallace

84. Which one of the following statement is false?

Correct Answer: A. The period prevalence rate is frequently used than the point prevalence rate.

85. Match mortality rates given in List-I with their description in List-II:

List-IList-II
(a) Infant mortality rate(i) No. of deaths of infants < 29 days of age per 1000 live births
(b) Neonatal mortality rate(ii) No. of deaths of infants < 7 days of age per 1000 live births
(c) Post-neonatal mortality rate(iii) No. of deaths of infants < 1 year of age per 1000 live births
(d) Early neonatal mortality rate(iv) No. of deaths of infants from 29 to 364 days of age per 1000 live births

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

86. Given an abridged life table, with its usual columns of lₓ, ₙqₓ, ₙLₓ, Tₓ and eₓ which of the following options is correct for computation of probability of survival from 60 to 85 years of age?

Correct Answer: A.

87. Census of India defines migration on the basis of:

(a) place of birth
(b) place of last residence
(c) distance covered
(d) duration of stay at the place of residence
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

Correct Answer: B. (a) and (b)

88. Match the items given in List-I with those in List-II:

List-IList-II
(a) Illegal migrants(i) Migration of Europeans to different parts of the world
(b) Forced migrants(ii) Syrians in Turkey
(c) Refugees(iii) Slave trade
(d) Voluntary migrants(iv) Overstaying beyond official sanction

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

89. Match the items in List-I with the names of the authors in List-II:

List-IList-II
(a) Essay on Principles of Population(i) John Grant
(b) Bills of Mortality(ii) Thomas R. Malthus
(c) Limits to Growth(iii) G. Hardin
(d) The Tragedy of the Commons(iv) P. Ehrlich and A. Ehrlich

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

90. Which among the following does NOT match with mercantilist viewpoints on population growth?

Correct Answer: C. Restriction on immigration