Population Studies Questions and Answers Set 9 | Population Studies Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) & Answers

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

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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

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Answer: Changes in disease pattern

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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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%

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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

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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

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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

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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

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