Population Studies 2013 September UGC NET Solved Question Paper II
1. As per The Sample Registration Bulletin (SRS) October 2012 estimated Death Rate of the country lies in which among the following categories (per thousand populations)?
(A) 6 – 7.9
(B) 8 – 9.9
(C) 10 – 11.9
(D) 12 – 13.9
Answer: (A)
2. Match List – I with List – II given below in view of availability of their respective source:
List – I List – II
a. Proportion of never married women in any population i. Sample Registration System Bulletin
b. Infant Mortality Rate by Sex and Residence ii. Census
c. State wise Medical Termination of Pregnancies Performance iii. Family Welfare Statistics in India
d. Pattern of Land utilization in India iv. Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (A)
3. Throughout mankind existence, population grew at a rate of ______ per year.
(A) 10 percent
(B) 0.002 percent
(C) 2 percent
(D) 0.5 percent
Answer: (B)
4. The ______ is ratio of the nonworking population (under 15 years old and over 64 years old) to the working age-population.
(A) Labour force participation rate
(B) Per capita population ratio
(C) Population transition
(D) Dependency ratio
Answer: (D)
5. Arrange the following most populous four countries in descending order:
1. China
2. India
3. United States of America
4. Indonesia
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 2, 3, 4, 1
(C) 3, 4, 1, 2
(D) 4, 1, 2, 3
Answer: (A)
6. Match List – I with List – II of the nuptiality table:
List – I List – II
a. Z°x i. Probability of marrying
b. E°x ii. Number of marriages occurring
c. tgx iii. Number of singles
d. tMx iv. Ever married women aged x
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) iv i ii iii
Answer: (C)
7. nPx column of life table refers to
(A) Survival function
(B) Probability of death
(C) Number of persons living between ages a and a + 1
(D) Expectation of life at birth
Answer: (A)
8. A theory
I. is a systematic explanation of relationships between economic variables.
II. Explains causal relationships among variables.
III. Provides basis for policy.
IV. Provides an explanation of all factors influencing economic growth.
Codes:
(A) I only
(B) I and II only
(C) I, II and III only
(D) IV only
Answer: (C)
9. According to Harris and Tadaro creating urban jobs by expanding industrial output:
(A) is insufficient for solving the urban unemployment problem.
(B) Will generate capital-intensive technologies.
(C) Will generate more Government revenue through urban wages
(D) Induce Government to increase wages
Answer: (A)
10. Lx column of life table refers to one of the following:
(A) Probability of death
(B) Number of persons living at exact age ‘x’
(C) Number of person years lived
(D) Total life time after age x
Answer: (B)
11. Which among the following estimates is not provided by the Dual Reporting System?
(A) Birth and Death Rates
(B) Infant Mortality Rate
(C) Couple Protection Rate
(D) Cause of death
Answer: (C)
12. For providing reliable estimates of the following, which is not the objective of the Sample Registration System?
(A) Birth Rates
(B) Death Rates
(C) Infant Mortality Rates
(D) Migration Rates
Answer: (D)
13. Assertion (A): Usually fertility in rural areas is higher than the fertility in urban areas.
Reason (R): Acceptance of contraceptive methods is higher in urban areas as compared with rural areas.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)
14. Assertion (A): In India proportion of the single and divorced/separated women is increasing.
Reason (R): Status and autonomy of the females is improving in India.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)
15. Among the following categories providing information on the population which one is not provided by Population Census?
(A) Demographic characteristics
(B) Social-cultural characteristics
(C) Economic characteristics
(D) Characteristics related to health of the population
Answer: (D)
16. Assertion (A): The population of India has crossed the figure of more than a billion.
Reason (R): It is mainly because a large proportion of the country’s populations constitute eligible couples who are fertile.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)
17. Match List – I and List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Kingsley Davis i. Natural and Political observations made upon the bills of mortality
b. Sir William Petty ii. Political Arithmetic
c. Karr Sunders iii. The Population Problem
d. John Graunt iv. Population of India and Pakistan
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv ii iii i
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) i iv i ii
Answer: (A)
18. Among the following persons who could be considered as the pioneer in trying to focus attention of Indian leaders and thinkers on population problems in India?
(A) Kingsley Davis
(B) P.K. Watal
(C) Prof. Gyan Chand
(D) Dr. Radhakamal Mukherjee
Answer: (B)
19. The Harrod-Domar Growth Model suggest growth is
(A) Directly related to savings and inversely related to the capital/ output ratio
(B) Directly related to the capital/output ratio and inversely related to savings
(C) Indirectly related savings and the capital/output ratio
(D) Directly related savings and the capital/output ratio
Answer: (A)
20. The long term objective of the National Population Policy is to achieve stable population by the year
(A) 2025
(B) 2030
(C) 2035
(D) 2045
Answer: (D)
21. The Government of India announced a National Policy on older persons in which among the following years?
(A) 1979
(B) 1989
(C) 1999
(D) 2009
Answer: (C)
22. The credit for initiating a new field of empirical research in population studies goes to
(A) Sir William Petty
(B) Edmund Halley
(C) Thomas R Malthus
(D) John Graunt
Answer: (D)
23. It was in the middle of the Seventeenth Century that population studies emerged as a discipline in
(A) Australia
(B) England
(C) France
(D) United States of America
Answer: (B)
24. Julian Simon has
(A) Supported Club of Rome’s Limits to Growth for estimating technological change.
(B) Assumed population growth causes technological progress.
(C) Used Second Law of Thermodynamics to assume that technological progress is costless.
(D) Assumed classical view of technological change.
Answer: (B)
25. Development Economics focuses primarily on the poorest ______ of the world’s population.
(A) Population
(B) Two-thirds
(C) One-third
(D) 28 percent
Answer: (D)
26. Pearl pregnancy index is related to
(A) Fertility
(B) Family Planning
(C) Mortality
(D) Migration
Answer: (B)
27. Which among the following is proximate determinant of fertility?
(A) Age and entry into sexual union
(B) Voluntary abstinence
(C) Coital frequency
(D) Contraception
Answer: (D)
28. Infant mortality, life expectancy and adult literacy rate comprise
(A) Purchasing Power Parity
(B) Physical Quality of Life Index
(C) Human Development Index
(D) Gender Development Index
Answer: (B)
29. Which of the following could not be considered a major economic system?
(A) Capitalism
(B) Communism
(C) Socialism
(D) Physical quality of life index
Answer: (D)
30. What are the requirements for estimation of Infant Mortality Rate among the following?
(A) Infant birth and death rates of one year
(B) Infant birth and death rates of two consecutive years.
(C) Infant birth and death rates of three consecutive years
(D) All the above
Answer: (D)
31. Assertion (A): Mother’s education improves Child Health and Nutrition.
Reason (R): Educated mothers have better access to knowledge on health and nutrition.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)
32. Assertion (A): Sex ratio is favourable to males in India.
Reason (R): Female foeticide is practiced in India.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (B)
33. Which of the following characteristics are most likely found in developing countries?
(A) High population growth rates
(B) Large number of people living in poverty
(C) Very traditional methods of agricultural production
(D) All the above
Answer: (D)
34. Assertion (A): Globalization has brought in plenty of female employment opportunities.
Reason (R): Participation of women in employment is less.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (C)
35. Assertion (A): Unintended pregnancy is low among young women.
Reason (R): Young women have high equitable gender role.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)
36. Assertion (A): Rural areas are also facing water pollution like urban areas.
Reason (R): Rural population drink impure irrigated water.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)
37. Lee has classified main factors resulting in migration depends upon
i. Factors associated with origin
ii. Factors associated with area of destination
iii. Intervening obstacles
iv. Personal factors
Codes:
(A) i and iii only
(B) iii and iv only
(C) i, ii, iii and iv
(D) ii only
Answer: (C)
38. P/F Ratio is used in the area of
(A) Fertility
(B) Mortality
(C) Migration
(D) Nuptiality
Answer: (A)
39. Assertion (A): Urban Youth have more opportunities for employment than rural youth.
Reason (R): Urban youth have better skills for job than rural youth.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)
40. Which among the following States has contributed maximum decline in overall decadal growth rate of the country during 2001-2011?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Bihar
Answer: (C)
41. The greenhouse effect is the phenomenon by which
(A) Biological diversity is dominant in agricultural production
(B) The globe’s water pollution affects plankton
(C) The earth’s atmosphere traps infrared radiation
(D) Reduces ozone depletion through the cutting of chlorofluorocarbon production
Answer: (C)
42. The Club of Rome Study, The Limits to Growth, suggests that as natural resources diminish
(A) Capital increasingly replaces labour
(B) Technology change compensates for capital depletion
(C) Costs rise, leaving less capital for future investment
(D) Contingent valuation becomes critical
Answer: (C)
43. Deforestation
I. Leads to localized flooding
II. Reduces sustainable development potential
III. Reduces watershed stability
IV. Augments carbon restoration provided by forests
Codes:
(A) I and II only
(B) III and IV only
(C) I, II and III only
(D) I, II, III and IV
Answer: (C)
44. Which of the following falls under perinatal mortality?
(A) Late foetal deaths
(B) Early neonatal deaths
(C) Late foetal and early neonatal deaths
(D) Early foetal and late neonatal deaths
Answer: (C)
45. The Government of India, realizing the importance of population data, set up a Population Data Committee in which among the following years?
(A) 1940
(B) 1944
(C) 1950
(D) 1954
Answer: (B)
Based on the following table answer the questions 46 – 50:
Life Expectancy Literacy(age 7 +, 1991) HDI(1991–92 ) GDI(1991–92)
Kerala 72 90 0.603 0.565
Uttar Pradesh 59.4 52 0.423 0.388
Madhya Pradesh 54 44 0.349 0.312
Andhra Pradesh 60.6 44 0.400 0.371
Orissa 55.5 49 0.373 0.329
Himachal Pradesh 63.6 64 0.454 0.432
Bihar 58.5 38 0.354 0.306
Maharashtra 64.2 65 0.523 0.492
46. Which of the following States showed highest levels of life expectancy, literacy, HDI and GDI?
(A) Orissa
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Bihar
Answer: (C)
47. Which of the following States had highest GDI?
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Orissa
Answer: (B)
48. Which of the following State has lowest HDI?
(A) Orissa
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Bihar
Answer: (B)
49. Arrange the following States in descending order (high to low) of literacy?
(A) Kerala, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
(B) Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh
(C) Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra
(D) Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh
Answer: (A)
50. Arrange States in ascending (low to high) order in relation to life expectancy:
(A) Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa
(B) Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh
(C) Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh
(D) Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (C)
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