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

Total Questions: 100

51. What does the I column show in a life table?

(a) Describe the pattern of mortality in this population at a particular time
(b) Shows the number of deaths at exact ages
(c) Shows survivorship at exact ages
(d) Shows the portability of dying
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

52. Which one of the following terms are associated with the migration of population?

(a) Place of origin
(b) Place of destination
(c) Reverse remittance
(d) Commuting belt
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

53. Which among the following are causes of urban sprawl?

(a) High Land price at core
(b) Improvement in transport infrastructure
(c) Less pollution outside the city
(d) Excessive population growth
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

54. Which among the following reasons for migration are available from the census of India 2011?

(a) Employment
(b) Marriage
(c) Environmental migration
(d) Violence-induced migration
(e) Development project induced migration
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a) and (b) only

55. Who from the following have propounded the Neoclassical Macro Economic theories of labour migration?

(a) Sjaastad, Larry A.
(b) Sassen, Saskia
(c) Lewis, W. Arthur
(d) Ranis, Gustav and J.C.H. Fei
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

56. Which among the following are the characteristics of Central Business Districts?

(a) High land value
(b) Mass transit system
(c) Spacious and green
(d) Concentration of major administrative and commercial activities
(e) Concentration of schools
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

57. Which of the following pollutants is/are carcinogenic?

(a) Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
(b) Carbon monoxide
(c) Benzene
(d) Lead
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

58. The sex ratio at birth can be calculated from which of the following data sources?

(a) Census
(b) Sample Registration System
(c) NSSO
(d) NFHS
(e) DLHS
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

59. Which of the following are correct about Catastrophic Health Expenditure?

(a) Health expenditure exceeding 10% of a household's total monthly consumption expenditure
(b) Health expenditure exceeding 40% of a household's monthly non-food consumption expenditure
(c) Health expenditure exceeding 50% of annual salary
(d) Households are forced to mortgage their assets to meet health expenditure
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a) and (b) only

60. Which of the following is/are correct about Prime Minister Matritva Vandan Yojana (PMMVY)?

(a) The PMMVY is implemented in all the districts of the country following the provision of the National Food Security Act, 2013
(b) The PMMVY is implemented by the Department of Health and Family Welfare of all States/UTs
(c) All first-time pregnant women and lactating mothers not in government jobs who have their pregnancy/delivery on or after 1.01.2017 are eligible
(d) All eligible women will get5000/-in three instalments
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. Only (a), (c) and (d)