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(1) The ‘PCPNDT Act’ in India was enacted for which one of the following purpose ?
(1) To reduce MMR
(2) To reduce TFR
(3) To stop female infanticide
(4) To stop female foeticide
Answer: To stop female foeticide
(2) The theory of epidemiological transaction deals with which one of the following ?
(1) Changes in mortality pattern
(2) Changes in fertility pattern
(3) Changes in disease pattern
(4) Changes in migration pattern
Answer: Changes in disease pattern

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(3) Which one of the following is the right expansion of SNCU ?
(1) State and National Contraceptive Unit
(2) Sick Newborn Care Units
(3) Severe Neonatal Care Units
(4) Sick Neonatal Care Unit
Answer: Sick Newborn Care Units
(4) Which of the following Ministry is mainly responsible for the welfare of the older persons ?
(1) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(2) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
(3) Ministry of Rural Development
(4) Ministry of Finance
Answer: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
(5) Which of the following is not taken as a criterion for defining urban centres in India ?
(1) Population size
(2) Status of basic amenities
(3) Population density
(4) Male work force structure
Answer: Status of basic amenities
(6) Which of the following is one of the indicators used to compute ‘Human Development Index’ ?
(1) Infant Mortality Rate
(2) Morbidity Rate
(3) Life Expectancy at birth
(4) Death Rate
Answer: Life Expectancy at birth
(7) Arrange following states by nutritional status of under-five years children (weight-for-age) in the year 2015-16, highest to lowest, as per NFHS-4 fact-sheet.

(a) Karnataka

(b) Kerala

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra

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(1) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(2) (a), (c), (d), (b)
(3) (b), (c), (d), (a)
(4) (d), (a), (c), (b)
Answer: (d), (a), (c), (b)
(8) The ‘National Health Policy 2017’ aims to reduce IMR by the year 2019 to which of the following levels ?
(1) 25
(2) 28
(3) 30
(4) 35
Answer: 28
(9) As per the SRS Abridged life Table 2011-15, which among the following states is having the lowest male life expectancy at birth ?
(1) Bihar
(2) Haryana
(3) Karnataka
(4) Rajasthan
Answer: Rajasthan
(10) Which one of the following is correct annual rate of growth for the population, which takes 25 years to double itself ?
(1) 2.5%
(2) 2.7%
(3) 2.8%
(4) 3.0%
Answer: 2.8%
(11) Which among the following EAG states is having highest percent of institutional births during 5 years before the survey according to NFHS-4, 2015-16 ?
(1) Bihar
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Rajasthan
(12) Which among the following does not correctly describe the elderly population in India ?
(1) Males are more than females
(2) Widows are more than widower
(3) Marginals workers are more than main workers
(4) Numbers of rural elderly are more than of urban
Answer: Males are more than females
(13) Which one of the following measure is useful for comparing the fertility level of two population ?
(1) CBR
(2) CEB
(3) ASFR
(4) TFR
Answer: TFR
(14) When was Emergency Contraceptive Pill (ECP) introduced in the family welfare programme by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India ?
(1) 2002
(2) 2004
(3) 2005
(4) 2001
Answer: 2002
(15) Ranking of health facilities viz PHCs, CHCs etc. started by the Government of India using which of the following data Source ?
(1) HMIS
(2) MCTS
(3) DLHS
(4) NFHS
Answer: HMIS

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