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(1) Which among the following measure used by ‘Rele’ for calculating fertility from age distribution of population ?
(1) Reverse Survival Method
(2) Parity Ratio Methods of Fertility
(3) Child Woman Ratio
(4) P/F Ratio
Answer: Parity Ratio Methods of Fertility
(2) Since when Indian census has departed from income approach while defining worker ?
(1) 1951
(2) 1961
(3) 1971
(4) 1981
Answer: 1951

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(3) Which one of the following is the most appropriate measure to compare fertility across different states in India ?
(1) Crude Birth Rate
(2) Totle Fertility Rate
(3) Age - specific Fertility Rate
(4) None of the above
Answer: Crude Birth Rate
(4) Who among the following proposed economic utilities of children is the field of fertility ?
(1) Liebenstein
(2) A. Dumont
(3) Kingsley Davis
(4) Glass
Answer: Liebenstein
(5) The 2011 Census was carried out in how many of the districts given below ?
(1) 610
(2) 620
(3) 630
(4) 640
Answer: 630
(6) The crude birth rate of India according to the sample Registration System Bulletin of September 2013 is close to which among the following figures ?
(1) 19 (per 1000 population)
(2) 21 (per 1000 population)
(3) 23 (per 1000 Population)
(4) 25 (per 1000 population)
Answer: 25 (per 1000 population)
(7) Who among the following developed the concept of ‘dual recording system’ ?
(1) A.J. Coale
(2) John Hajnal
(3) Chandrashekar and Deming
(4) Samuel H. Preston
Answer: Chandrashekar and Deming
(8) Arrange the following states in ascending order (Low to high) in the level of Input Mortality rate according to SRS Bulletin, September 2013 [Estimated Infant Mortality Rate 2012]

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Maharashtra

Codes :
(1) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(2) (c), (d), (b), (a)
(3) (d), (c), (b), (a)
(4) (b), (c), (d), (a)
Answer: (d), (c), (b), (a)
(9) While defining urban areas according to census 2011, which of the following is/are true ?

(a) Population size of the settlement should be at least 5000

(b) Populatoin density should be 400 per square km

(c) 75% of male main workers in non - agriculture

(d) 75% of all male workers in non - agriculture

Codes :
(1) Only (a) is true
(2) Only (a) and (b) are true
(3) Only (a), (b) and (c) are true
(4) Only (a), (b) and (d) are true
Answer: Only (a) is true
(10) Under which of the following given conditions, median may be better measure of central tendency than mean ?
(1) When distribution of data is skewed
(2) When extreme values are present in data
(3) When data are open ended
(4) All of the above
Answer: When extreme values are present in data
(11) The emigration of highly-skilled people from the developing countries is known from which of the given options ?
(1) the brain drain
(2) human capital deterioration
(3) productivity decline
(4) labour degradation
Answer: productivity decline
(12) Who among the following proposed threshold hypothesis is the field of fertility ?
(1) Easterlin
(2) United Nations
(3) Liebenstein
(4) G. Becker
Answer: United Nations
(13)

Assertion (A) : In India child sex ratio (0-6 age group) is unfavourable to females.

Reason (R) :Traditional value for son preference is prevailing in the India particularly in the rural population of the country.

Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true and (R) is false
(4) (A) is false and (R) is true
Answer: (A) is false and (R) is true
(14) What is the most possible explanation for higher proportion of marginal workers among females than males in India ?
(1) Women are less committed
(2) Women prefer flexibility in work condition
(3) Women cannot quality any work which is available throughout the year
(4) Women are less qualified to take up main work
Answer: Women cannot quality any work which is available throughout the year
(15) What proportion of the households in India practice open defecation as per the 2011 census ?
(1) About half
(2) About one third
(3) About two third
(4) About one fifth
Answer: About half

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