UGC-NET (NTA) POPULATION STUDIES, June-2021

Total Questions: 100

11. Which of the following inputs are needed for doing a population projection using the Cohort Component method?

(a) Age and sex distribution of population at the base year
(b) Age-specific mortality rates of the base year
(c) Age-specific out-migration rates of the base year
(d) Age-specific fertility rates of the base year
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: C. (a), (b) and (d) only

12. Which of the following are dimensions of geographic data?

(a) Temporal           (c) Spatial
(b) Thematic           (d) Positional
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. (a), (b) and (c) only

13. Which one of the following states has recorded a decline in age at marriage during 2001 and 2011?

Correct Answer: C. Kerala

14. The mean length of a generation is associated with

(a) Fertility
(b) Mortality
(c) Migration
(d) Stable population
(e) Population open for migration
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: C. (a) and (d) only

15. Which one of the following terms correctly describes the migration ratio?

Correct Answer: A. The ratio of net migration to natural increase of population

16. Given below are two statements.

Statement I: Natural endowment is essential for the growth of any settlement.
Statement II: Ganga plain is a densely populated region in India.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Correct Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

17. Arrange the following countries in the descending order with respect to volume of international migrants outflow according to International Migration Report (2019)?

(a) India
(b) Mexico
(c) China
(d) Russia
(e) Syrian Arab Republic
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (a), (b), (c), (d), (e)

18. Match List-I with List-II.

List-IList-II
(a) Change in population growth away from the largest cities in a national urban system(i) Urban growth
(b) Extension of social and behavioural characteristics of urban living across society as a whole(ii) Urbanisation
(c) An increase in the population of town and cities(iii) Counter-urbanisation
(d) An increase in the population of the total population that lives in an urban area(iv) Urbanism

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

19. According to the 2020 SRS Bulletin of India, which one of the following states recorded the highest Crude Death Rate (per 1000 population)?

Correct Answer: B. Chhattisgarh

20. Which of the following are preconditions for substantial fertility decline as suggested by Ansley Coale?

(a) Consistent and irreversible decline in mortality
(b) Acceptance of calculated choice as a valid element in marital fertility
(c) Perception of advantages from reduced fertility
(d) Knowledge and mastery of effective techniques of control
(e) Ideational diffusion of small family norms from urban to rural areas
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. (b), (c) and (d only