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(1) Which one of the following correctly explains Net Reproduction Rate (NRR) ?
(1) Annual excess of births of girl child over deaths
(2) Annual rate at which women will replace themselves
(3) The average number of daughters that would be born to a woman (or a group of woman), if she passed through her life time conforming to the age-specific fertility and mortality rates of a given year
(4) Average number of children born to woman under given agespecific fertility rates
Answer: Annual rate at which women will replace themselves
(2) Which one of the following is not linked with ‘Mission Indradhanush’ launched by the Government of India ?
(1) To achieve full immunisation coverage for children by 2020
(2) To provide immunisation for seven vaccines preventable diseases
(3) Around 201 districts will be covered during first phase
(4) Mission will be implemented by seperately created entity in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Answer: Around 201 districts will be covered during first phase

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(3) Who among the following had proposed the ‘decade synthetic cohort’ method for computing age at marriage ?
(1) S.N. Aggarwal
(2) J. Hajnal
(3) C. Chandrasekaran
(4) J.R. Rele
Answer: S.N. Aggarwal
(4) Which among the following promote urban growth ?
(1) High fertility and internal migration
(2) Low fertility and low internal migration
(3) Low fertility and high internal migration
(4) High fertility and high inter-state migration
Answer: High fertility and internal migration
(5) Perinatal mortality is defined as (A) Number of deaths of infants under 1 week of age per 1000 births during the year.
(1) Number of deaths of infants under 1 week of age per 1000 births during the year
(2) Number of deaths of infants under 1 week of age per 1000 population during the year
(3) Number of deaths of infants under 4 week of age per 1000 population during the year
(4) Number of death of infants under 4 week of age per 1000 births during the year
Answer: Number of deaths of infants under 1 week of age per 1000 births during the year
(6) Which of the following factors that regulates population size ?
(1) Cold Conditions
(2) Floods
(3) Disease
(4) Fire
Answer: Disease
(7) Coale (1986) has divided the effects of below replacement level fertility into the following categories :

I.Demographic effects

II. Social effects

III. Family planning effects

IV. Political effects

Codes :
(1) I, II and III are correct
(2) I, II and IV are correct
(3) II, III and IV are correct
(4) II and III are correct
Answer: I, II and IV are correct
(8) Among the following Indian cities, which is the fastest growing ?
(1) Jaipur
(2) Surat
(3) Bangalore
(4) Indore
Answer: Bangalore
(9) What below denotes the Physiological-ability of a woman to conceive children ?
(1) Fertility
(2) Fecundity
(3) Total fertility
(4) Gross fertility
Answer: Fecundity
(10)

Assertion (A) : The higher the job opportunities for female population in the paid labour market, the higher the acceptance of family planning.

Reason (R) : Job opportunity and cost of a child is directly proportional to the employment status of mother.

Codes :
(1) (A) is true, (R) is true, (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) (A) is true, (R) is true, (R) is not the 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) is the correct explanation of (A)
(11) According to the Economist, Leibenstein, couples produced children because :

I. Consumption utility

II. Old age security utility

III. Work-income utility

IV. Contribution to extended family utility

Codes :
(1) I, II, III and IV are correct
(2) I, II and III are correct
(3) II and III are correct
(4) I and II are correct
Answer: I, II and III are correct
(12) The condition that supports maximum population size is called
(1) Population density
(2) Maximum Growth Rate
(3) Carrying Capacity
(4) Biotic potential
Answer: Carrying Capacity
(13) Which one of the following has window period ?
(1) T.B.
(2) STD
(3) RTI
(4) HIV
Answer: HIV
(14) Which of the following is not a conventional classification of ‘household’ ?
(1) Non family household
(2) One-family household
(3) Two family household
(4) Multi-family household
Answer: Non family household
(15) The Government of India set up a population data Committee in which among the following year ?
(1) 1934
(2) 1944
(3) 1954
(4) 1964
Answer: 1944

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