Question 1

When over a period of time, the death rate in society reduces due to overall developments of life style and at the same time the birth rate does not fall down; population increases very fast as a result of it. This leads to over-population. This theory is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) demographic theory 
B) population explosion theory 
C) theory of demographic transition 
D) demographic explosion theory

Question 2

Name the state having highest percentage of literacy level?

Accepted Answer

A) west bengal 
B) punjab 
C) kerala 
D) maharashtra

Question 3

The social indicator to measure the extent of equality between males and females in a society at a given time?

Accepted Answer

A) death rate 
B) literacy rate 
C) age composition 
D) sex ratio

Question 4

An enumeration or counting of a population is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A) vital statistics 
B) census 
C) fertility rate c 
D) growth rate

Question 5

Demographic Transition Theory

Accepted Answer

A) was originally developed to explain population explosions in the third world. 
B) explains population growth in industrializing societies in terms of a time lag between when people die and when their children or grand children are born. 
C) explains population growth in industrializing societies in terms of a time lag between falling death rates and falling birth rates. 
D) all of the above

Question 6

A special type of bar chart that distributes the population by gender and age, and is generally used to illustrate the population structure of a society, is called a/an

Accepted Answer

A) analysis of variance 
B) population pyramid 
C) chi-square 
D) multiple regression

Question 7

The term 'political socialization' was used by:

Accepted Answer

A) Herbert Hayman 
B) Herbert Spencer 
C) Almond Powell 
D) Easton and Dannis

Question 8

The average number of persons per unit area, such as square kilometer, is termed as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) population distribution 
B) population growth 
C) absolute population 
D) population density

Question 9

Malthus 's work is usually associated with the view that

Accepted Answer

A) improved technology can overcome the problems of population growth. 
B) overpopulation will lead to social and political crises. 
C) morality and religious approaches are the most effective counter forces to overpopulation, not government policy. 
D) all of the above.

Question 10

Who has said that 'Democracy is concerned with the behaviour or the aggregate and not with the behaviour of individual'

Accepted Answer

A) Donald J. Bogue 
B) Peter R. Cox 
C) H. Strenford 
D) W. G. Barclay

Exam 1: Population and Demography