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Some Questions On Demography

Malthus believed that population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio, while subsistence increases only in an arithmetic ratio. Crude birth rate does not take into account the age and sex composition of the population. Demography is more of an observational science than an experimental science, as it studies human populations.

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Some Questions On Demography

Malthus believed that population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio, while subsistence increases only in an arithmetic ratio. Crude birth rate does not take into account the age and sex composition of the population. Demography is more of an observational science than an experimental science, as it studies human populations.

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Some Questions on Demography

1. Malthus believed that —

(a) Population when unchecked, increases in geometric ratio, subsistence increases only in an arithmetic ratio.

(b) Population when unchecked increases in an arithmetic ratio, subsistence increases in geometric ratio.

(c) Population when unchecked increases in geometric ratio, subsistence increases four times.

(d) None of the above.

2. A measure of the fertility that is particularly useful in making inter group comparisons is that of the total
number of children ever born to various categories of women. This is termed as —

(a) Fertility rate (b) Fertility ratio

(c) Fertility differentials (d) Fertility speed

3. Crude birth rate is so labelled because it doesn’t take into account—

(a) Demographic Transition (b) Mortality Rate

(c) Age and Sex composition of the population (d) Fertility Rate

4. Transitional growth means—

(a) High Birth Rate and High Death Rate (b) High Birth Rate and Low Death Rate

(c) Low Birth Rate and Low Death Rate (d) Low Birth Rate and High Death Rate

5. The De fecto census method—

(a) Counts the population according to where it is on the might preceding the census.

(b) Distributes the people on the basis of their usual place of residence.

(c) Counts the population according to where it is for a week, preceding the census.

(d) None of the above.

6. The De-jure census method—

(a) Counts the population according to where it is on the might preceding the census.

(b) Distributes the people on the basis of their usual place of residence.

(c) Counts the population according to where it is for a week, preceding the census.

(d) None of the above.


7. Age specific birth rate means—

(a) The no. of birth annually per 1000 in the 15-49 child bearing ages.

(b) The no. of children born per 1000 women in specific age class, say 30-34 years of age.

(c) The no. of birth annually per 1000 persons of total population.

(d) None of the above.

8. When a population is concentrated at the extremes of the age distribution, it has a/an:

(a) High dependency ratio. (b) Optimum condition.

(c) Low dependency ratio. (d) None of the above.

9. Demography is—

(a) More an observational science than experimental science.

(b) More an experimental science than observational science.

(c) Only an experimental science.

(d) only a physical science.

10. Which is the ideal stage, which would provide the population with a level of well being unparalleled in
human history?

(a) (a) High potential growth (b) Incipient decline

(b) (c) Transitional growth (d) None of the above.

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