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(1) Why do we celebrate 11 July as ‘World Population Day’? The reason is, that is the approximate day when world population touched :
(1) 1 billion
(2) 4 billion
(3) 5 billion
(4) 6 billion
Answer: 5 billion
(2) What was the net gain in the urban population between 2001 and 2011 Censuses ?
(1) About 50 million
(2) About 60 million
(3) About 80 million
(4) About 90 million
Answer: About 90 million

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(3) Which of the following inputs data are essential for using P/E RATIO METHOD BASED ON DATA ABOUT ALL CHILDREN to estimate fertility parameters ?

(a) Children ever-born classified by five year age group of mother

(b) Births in a year classified by five-year age group of mother

(c) Women by five year age-group

(d) Total population

Code :
(1) (a), (b), (c)
(2) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(3) (a), (c), (d)
(4) (b), (c)
Answer: (a), (b), (c), (d)
(4) Which data source among the following could be used to study the settlement characteristics in India ?
(1) Population census of India
(2) National Family Health Survey
(3) Sample Registration System data
(4) District level Health and (Facility) Survey
Answer: Population census of India
(5) Which of the following streams of migration in india has experienced significant decrease in its proportion between 2001 and 2011 Censuses ?
(1) Rural to Rural
(2) Rural to Urban
(3) Urban to Urban
(4) Urban to Rural
Answer: Rural to Rural
(6) Which one of the following is not the measure of nutrition ?
(1) Weight for height
(2) Glycaemic Index
(3) BMI
(4) Waist to hip ratio
Answer: Glycaemic Index
(7) Which of the following combinations is correct about measures of population density ? Answer using code given below :

(a) Crude and arithmatic density are one and the same thing.

(b) Physiological density is ratio between total population and total agricultural lands in a region.

(c) Agricultural density is ratio between agricultural population and total geographic area.

(d) The concept of ‘room density’ is commonly used by urban planners.

Code :
(1) (a), (b) and (c)
(2) (a), (b) and(d)
(3) (a) and (b)
(4) (b), (c) and (d)
Answer: (a), (b) and(d)
(8) Which of the following is a characteristically out migrating state ?
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Punjab
(3) Gujarat
(4) Odisha
Answer: Odisha
(9) Which state among the following has highest female age at marriage according to census of India 2011 ?
(1) Goa
(2) Karnataka
(3) West Bengal
(4) Maharashtra
Answer: Goa
(10) Which measure among the following reflect chronic malnutrition of children ?
(1) Height for age
(2) Weight for age
(3) Weight for height
(4) Upper arm circumference
Answer: Height for age
(11) Maternal mortality ratio in India has declared from 212 in 2007-09 to 178 in 2011-12. Which answer below represents the correct percent decline in MMR in these four years ?
(1) About 76%
(2) About 19%
(3) About 16%
(4) About 17%
Answer: About 16%
(12) Which of the following is an exact measure of replacement fertility ?
(1) TFR
(2) NRR
(3) GRR
(4) TMFR
Answer: NRR
(13) Which among the following is the highest density area ?
(1) South Africa
(2) South America
(3) North America
(4) West Europe
Answer: West Europe
(14) Which one of the following is being used currently as a measure of the goal of population stabilization in India ?
(1) Population growth rate
(2) Crude birth rate
(3) TFR
(4) NRR
Answer: TFR
(15) Which country among the following has the largest share of elderly population in 2015 ?
(1) Korea
(2) United Kingdom
(3) Japan
(4) Italy
Answer: Japan

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