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(1) Which one of the following is not a part of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ?
(1) Reduce by half the proportion of people whose income is less than 1 US$ (per day)
(2) Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases
(3) Promote gender equality and empowerment of women
(4) To balance low sex-ratio in favour women
Answer: To balance low sex-ratio in favour women
(2) Which one of the following is correctly defined as old age dependency ratio ?
(1) Young population under 15 years of age to elderly population in 60+ age group
(2) Elderly population in 60+ age group to population in 15-59 years of age
(3) Population in 15-59 years of age to elderly population in 60+ age group
(4) Elderly population in 60+ age group to young population in under 15 years of age
Answer: Elderly population in 60+ age group to population in 15-59 years of age

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(3) Neo-classical micro-economic theories of migration emphasize on which of the following ?
(1) Labour market
(2) Marriage market
(3) Household and individual choice
(4) Multiple market together
Answer: Household and individual choice
(4) Which among the following is Direct Anti natalist policy ?
(1) Reducing infant and child mortality
(2) Raising age at marriage
(3) Raising income of the families
(4) Women’s employment and status
Answer: Raising age at marriage
(5)

Assertion (A) : About 19 percent of young women in developing countries become pregnant before age 18 years (UNFPA, 2013).

Reason (R) : Young women more often face descrimation, social exclusion, poverty, marginalization and gender inequality limiting their access to health care.

Codes :
(1) (A) is true, (R) is true, (R) may be one of the explanation of (A)
(2) (A) is true, (R) is true, (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, (R) is true
Answer: (A) is true, (R) is true, (R) may be one of the explanation of (A)
(6) Which among the following is optimum birth weight of child survival in India ?
(1) 2000 gms to 2500 gms
(2) 2500 gms to 3000 gms
(3) 1500 gms to 2000 gms
(4) 3000 gms to 3500 gms
Answer: 2000 gms to 2500 gms
(7) Which of the following disease has been the focus of World Health Day on 7th April 2016 ?
(1) Hypertension
(2) Diabetes
(3) Osteoporosis
(4) Malaria
Answer: Diabetes
(8) Which one of the following statements is true for the demographic transition stage-III ?
(1) High birth rates, high death rates, and low growth rates
(2) High birth rates, declining death rates, and rising growth-rates
(3) Continued decline of death rates, declining birth rates, growth rate decline from high to lower levels
(4) Low birth-rates, low death rates, and low growth rates
Answer: Continued decline of death rates, declining birth rates, growth rate decline from high to lower levels
(9)

Assertion (A) : Crude death rate of India and USA cannot be used to compare level of mortality in two countries.

Reason (R) : Crude death rate in affected by variables extraneous to mortality.

Codes :
(1) (A) is correct, (R) is correct and explains (A) correctly
(2) (A) is correct, (R) is correct and does not explain (A)
(3) (A) is correct, (R) is incorrect
(4) (A) is incorrect, (R) is correct
Answer: (A) is correct, (R) is correct and explains (A) correctly
(10) Which one of the following methods is not used for fertility estimation ?
(1) Rele’s Method
(2) Own Children Method
(3) National Growth Rate Method
(4) Stable Population Method
Answer: Stable Population Method
(11) Which among the following is the main reason for female migration in India ?
(1) Employment
(2) Education
(3) Marriage
(4) Divorce
Answer: Marriage
(12) Person years lived by population of a country between two points of time is approximated by :
(1) Population at the beginning of the time point
(2) Population at the end of the time point
(3) Population at the mid-time point
(4) None of the above
Answer: Population at the mid-time point
(13) Identify which among the following denominator is not the mid-period population ?
(1) Crude birth rate
(2) Infant mortality rate
(3) Net migration rate
(4) None of the above
Answer: Infant mortality rate
(14) Which one of the following demographic rate is a proxy indicator of development ?
(1) Crude death rate
(2) Infant mortality rate
(3) Total fertility rate
(4) In-migration rate
Answer: Infant mortality rate
(15) Who headed the sub-committee on population of the National Planning Committee constituted by the Indian National Congress in 1930 ?
(1) P.K. Wattal
(2) Radhakamal Mukherjee
(3) B.T. Ranadive
(4) Taraknath Das
Answer: Radhakamal Mukherjee

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