UGC-NET (NTA) POPULATION STUDIES, June-2022Total Questions: 10011. Which among the following is nearest to describing demographic dividend?A. Development opportunities owing to drop in the fertilityB. Better development prospects due to the low burden of the child populationC. Rapid economic growth potential owing to the large share of the working-age population and relatively low child dependency ratiosD. Better development potential due to low population growth rateCorrect Answer: C. Rapid economic growth potential owing to the large share of the working-age population and relatively low child dependency ratios12. What does the 'De Facto' population refer to?A. All civilian foreign residentsB. All people present in any area at a given timeC. All legal residentsD. All diplomatic personnel located within a countryCorrect Answer: B. All people present in any area at a given time13. Which one of the following states recorded the highest increase in the number of Census towns between 2001 and 2011 Indian Census?A. KeralaB. West BengalC. MaharashtraD. Uttar PradeshCorrect Answer: B. West Bengal14. In Bongaarts model, the index of Proportion Married, Cm = Σm(a) g(a)/Σg(a). What does g(a) stand for in this equation?A. Age-specific proportion marriedB. Age-specific married fertility rateC. Age-specific fertility rateD. Total fertility rateCorrect Answer: B. Age-specific married fertility rate15. Which of the following is a basic assumption in the calculation of SMAM?A. Both fertility and mortality have remained constant in pastB. Marriage has remained constant in pastC. Fertility has been constant in pastD. Mortality has been constant in pastCorrect Answer: B. Marriage has remained constant in past16. Which of the following concept explains why a population will continue to grow even if the fertility rate declinesA. Demographic transitionB. Population bombC. Population momentumD. Demographic dividendCorrect Answer: C. Population momentum17. Which among the following measure was used by 'Brass' for fertility estimate?A. Reverse Survival MethodB. P/F Ratio MethodC. Parity-Ratio Method of FertilityD. Child-Woman RatioCorrect Answer: B. P/F Ratio Method18. Which was the first use of an international classification system of disease?A. To identify communicable diseasesB. To identify regional epidemicsC. To identify how many people are getting medical careD. To identify causes of deathCorrect Answer: D. To identify causes of death19. Which of the following is the denominator to calculate Perinatal Mortality?A. Number of live birthsB. Number of live and still birthsC. Number of live births excluding still birthsD. Number of still birthsCorrect Answer: B. Number of live and still births20. If country A has a higher life expectancy than country B, while A has a higher crude death rate, it is likely that:A. A's population is younger than that of ВB. A's population is older than that of BC. A's population has a high infant mortality rateD. It is not possible to inferCorrect Answer: B. A's population is older than that of BSubmit Quiz« Previous12345678910Next »
