UGC-NET (NTA) POPULATION STUDIES, June-2022Total Questions: 1001. In which of the following period, did the Sample Registration System in India become operational?A. 1963-64В. 1969-70C. 1973-74D. 1983-84Correct Answer: В. 1969-702. In which year was the National Sample Survey (NSS) system established?A. 1942B. 1947C. 1949D. 1951E. *Correct Answer: E. *3. Which variable among the following is not a demographic characteristic of the population?A. Age structureB. Sex structureC. Marital statusD. Literacy. levelCorrect Answer: D. Literacy. level4. Which of the following is an indicator of the degree of age heaping?A. Whipple's IndexB. Pearl IndexC. Moiver's IndexD. Human Development IndexCorrect Answer: A. Whipple's Index5. 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)?A. New cases onlyB. Old cases onlyC. Both old and new casesD. Old cases minus new casesCorrect Answer: C. Both old and new cases6. Which one of the following formula gives doubling time(t) of a given population? (for a growth rate of r %)A.B.C.D.Correct Answer: D.7. In which of the following sampling techniques, a sampling unit can be repeated for more than once?A. Sampling without replacementB. Simple samplingC. Sampling with replacementD. Quota samplingCorrect Answer: C. Sampling with replacement8. Which of the following mean is mostly affected by extreme values?A. Geometric meanB. Harmonic meanC. Arithmetic meanD. Trimmed meanCorrect Answer: C. Arithmetic mean9. 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:A. 12B. 10C. 8D. 6Correct Answer: B. 1010. Which of the following measures of dispersion ensures the highest degree of reliability?A. Range MeanB. Mean DeviationC. Standard DeviationD. Quartile DeviationCorrect Answer: C. Standard DeviationSubmit Quiz12345678910Next »