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

Total Questions: 100

61. What does 'Hino euma' refer to:

Correct Answer: B. Japanese superstitious year during which fertility drops dramatically

62. What is the relationship between Net Reproduction Rate (NRR) and Gross Reproduction Rate (GRR)?

Correct Answer: B. GRR is multiplied by the survival rates of females

63. Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Concepts)List-II (Scholars)
(a) Theory of a stable population(i) Davis and Black
(b) Singulate mean age of marriage(ii) William Brass
(c) Intermediate variable framework(iii) Lotka
(d) P/F ratio(iv) Hajnal

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

64. Arrange the following EAG states in descending order (High to Low) of infant mortality rate for the year 2018, according to SRS Bulletin, May 2020:

(a) Bihar                       (b) Jharkhand
(c) Chhattisgarh         (d) Madhya Pradesh            (e) Uttar Pradesh
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

65. Match List-I with List-II:

List-IList-II
(a) Social Capillarity(i) Karl Winkelblech
(b) Optimum population theory(ii) Thomas Doubleday
(c) The Diet Principle(iii) F.W. Notestein
(d) Theory of demographic transition(iv) Arsene Dumont

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

66. Arrange the following settlements according to their size (from smallest to largest)

(a) Village
(b) Hamlet
(c) Town
(d) Megalopolis
(e) Metropolis
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

67. Match List-I with List-II:

List-I List-II 
(a) Gary Becker(i) Economic theory of fertility
(b) Kingsley Davis(ii) Social capillarity
(c) Harvey Leibenstein(iii) Theory of change and response
(d) Arsene Dumont(iv) Quality-quantity trade-off

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

68. Arrange the following states in descending order (high to low) with respect to the share of ST population, according to the 2011 census?

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Mizoram
(d) Nagaland
(e) Meghalaya
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

69. Match List-I with List-II:

List-IList-II
(a) Mosley Chen Analytical Framework(i) Age pattern for fertility
(b) Coale-Trussell’s model(ii) Fertility level
(c) Bongaart’s proximate determinants(iii) Child survival
(d) Gompertz Makeham curve(iv) Age-specific mortality rate

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

70. Match List-I with List-II:

List-IList-II
(a) Dispersion(i) Analysis of variance
(b) Change in the outcome variables(ii) Regression analysis
(c) Association in variables(iii) Standard deviation
(d) Measure in relationship(iv) Chi-square test

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A.