UGC-NET (NTA) POPULATION STUDIES, June-2022

Total Questions: 100

1. In which of the following period, did the Sample Registration System in India become operational?

Correct Answer: В. 1969-70

2. In which year was the National Sample Survey (NSS) system established?

Correct Answer: E. *

3. Which variable among the following is not a demographic characteristic of the population?

Correct Answer: D. Literacy. level

4. Which of the following is an indicator of the degree of age heaping?

Correct Answer: A. Whipple's Index

5. Which one of the following data is considered for the numerator to calculate the period prevalence rate during the reference period (the time period of observation)?

Correct Answer: C. Both old and new cases

6. Which one of the following formula gives doubling time(t) of a given population? (for a growth rate of r %)

Correct Answer: D.

7. In which of the following sampling techniques, a sampling unit can be repeated for more than once?

Correct Answer: C. Sampling with replacement

8. Which of the following mean is mostly affected by extreme values?

Correct Answer: C. Arithmetic mean

9. If x (mean) is 4 and the data distribution is 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, the sum of squared deviation from the x (mean) will be:

Correct Answer: B. 10

10. Which of the following measures of dispersion ensures the highest degree of reliability?

Correct Answer: C. Standard Deviation