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Which one of the following has higher population density as compared to India?


A) canada
B) india
C) china
D) bangladesh

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Dc-facto census method is related to:


A) counting of the population on the basis of its permanent residential status
B) counting of the population according to where it is for a fortnight preceding the census'
C) counting of the populating according to where it is on the night the census
D) none of the above

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Who was the exponent of optimum population theory ?


A) Malthus
B) Edwin Cannan
C) Adam Smith
D) Amarthya Sen

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Who gave the concept of social capillarity?


A) Bose
B) Wirth
C) Dumont
D) Mukherjee

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Records of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces, gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units, are referred to as


A) census
B) demography
C) vital statistics
D) none of the above

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Human population can:


A) exist apart from cultural interaction
B) exist a part from social interaction
C) exist a part from social-cultural interaction
D) not exist apart from social-cultural interaction

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Which is the pull factor of Migration?


A) religious conversion
B) natural calamities
C) political disorder
D) employment opportunities

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Which is the year that experienced great demographic divide in the history of population?


A) 1751
B) 1921
C) 1931
D) 1911

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The major concern of social demography is the:


A) contemporary problem of the relation of population trends to social and economic development
B) relationship between aggregate demographic nomena and regularities in other social and individual units of human behavior
C) analysis of how general, social and cultural factors
D) study of size, composition and distribution of population at the present time

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D

is the median number of years a person can be expected to live under certain mortality conditions


A) life expectancy
B) mortality rate
C) growth rate
D) fertility rate

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What is the average sex ratio of India as per 2001 census?


A) 900
B) 933
C) 923
D) none of the above

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India occupies ---------- rank among the population of the different countries of the world?


A) third
B) first
C) fourth
D) second

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The time span for the official enumeration of population to carry out census?


A) 1 years
B) 10 years
C) 2 years
D) 5 years

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B

Largest component of internal migration in India is:


A) rural urban migration
B) urban rural migration
C) marriage migration
D) rural migration

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__________ is the change from high birthrates and death rates to relatively low birthrates and death rates.


A) demographic transition
B) growth rate
C) demographic rate
D) morbidity

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Who postulated that fertility increases in response to the progress of society?


A) Herbert Spencer
B) Corrado Gini
C) E. M. Hoover
D) C. P. Blacker

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If both fertility and mortality decline, then:


A) proportion of dependent children will increase
B) proportion of active population will increase
C) proportion of dependent aged will increase
D) proportion of dependent aged will decrease

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Which is the most populous country of the world?


A) russia
B) united states
C) china
D) india

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The term "development"


A) is useful because it is unambiguous - everyone understands what the word means.
B) is highly contested and embodies the politics of the user.
C) is change towards in a desired direction
D) all of the above

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Low birth rate and pregnancy wastage in the population are primarily due to:


A) traditional practices
B) maternal malnutrition
C) female illiteracy
D) insufficient health care

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