MCQ 13

1.    Gives a net biological status of the population.

A.        Heath indicator.

B.         Vital index.

C.         Mortality rate.

D.        Fertility rate.

2.   Shows whether the population is increasing, decreasing or stable.

A.        Vital index.

B.         Social index.

C.         Crude death rate.

D.        Health rate.

3.   Rate is special type of ratio in which the denominator represents the total number of cases and the numerator represents

A.        Certain fraction of this number.

B.         Multiplication of this number.

C.          Summation of this number.

D.         Percentage of this number.

4.    “The ratio of total number of registered deaths to the total midyear population during the year multiplied by thousand”.    

A.         General fertility rate.

B.          Crude death rate.

C.           Mortality rate.

D.          Standardized death rate.

5.   When death rates are computed for some specific class of people or specific age group of a population, they are called

       A.        Age specific mortality.

       B.       Age specific crude death rate.

       C.       Age specific death rates.

       D.       Age specific death schedules

6.   Computation of standardized death rate is based upon the following assumptions.

(i).  The age wise distribution of two population is same.

(ii).  One population is taken as standard population.

A.       True.

B.        False.

C.        Ist is true but the second is false.

D.       Ist is false but the second is true.

7.    (Total number of expected death in standard population)/ (total standard population) Χ1000=

        A.       CDR.

        B.       Mortality rate.

        C.       Clear death rate

        D.       SDR.

8.   Birth rate refers to the number of live births per thousand of the population in a region during a given period of time.

A.        Standardized.

B.         Crude.

C.         Child.

D.        Only.

9.    The simplest measure of fertility, requiring only total births and total population.

A.         SBR.

B.          CBR.

C.          GFR.

D.         NRR.

10.                     Any population with constant age distribution and which is increasing at a constant rate is called a

 A.       Unstable population.

B.        Stationery population.

C.        Stable population.

D.       Increasing population.

11.                     Population is one in which the rate of growth is zero.

A.       Stationery.

B.        Stable.

C.        Unstable.

D.       Increasing.

12.                     In case of demography errors can be divided into three categories i.e. sampling error, error of content(or repose error) and

A.        Standard error.

B.          Error of coverage.

C.          Non sampling error.

D.         Percentage error.

13.      Ratio of all live births registered during a year to the number of women of child bearing age.

A.       Crude birth rate.

B.        Standardized birth rate.

C.        Net reproduction rate.

D.       The general fertility rate.

14.       Rate is computed by adding the age specific fertility rates of various age groups of child bearing age.

A.       Crude birth rate.

B.        Net reproduction rate.

C.        Total fertility rate.

D.       The general fertility rate.

15.            Components of population growth are fertility ,mortality and

A.        Migration.

B.         Immigration.

C.         Emigration.

D.        Wars.

16.          “Observation upon the bills of mortality” that really marks the beginning of Demography.

A.        The publication in 1772 of John Graunt’s

B.         The publication in 1662 of John Graunt’s.

C.         The publication in 1626 of John Graunt’s.

D.        The publication in 1762 of John Graunt’s.

17.         John Graunt obtained a constant ratio at birth i.e.

A.        14 males to every 13 females.

B.         18 males to every 12 females.

C.         9   females to every 6 males.

D.        10 females to every 14 males.

18.         John Graunt showed that the urban death rate is

   A.        Less than the rural death rate.

   B.         Equal to the rural death rate.

   C.         Very high than rural death rate.

     D.      Higher than the rural death rate.

19.         The greatest achievement of John Graunt was

A.      The first publication.

B.       Conducting the first census.

C.       The first library.

D.      The first life table.

20.         Three major sources of demographic data are.

(i).Census. (ii). Demographic surveys.

            A.       Vital index.

            B.       Vital registration system.

            C.       Sampling.

            D.       Questionnaire.

     21. First census in the human history,

            A.        Babylonia 4,001 BC.

            B.        Babylonia 3,000 BC.

            C.        Babylonia 4,000 BC.

            D.        Babylonia 4,100 BC.

22. Among the first census in the modern sense were those of

      A.        Quebec (1066).

      B.        Quebec (1666).

      C.        Quebec (1665).

      D.        Quebec (1664).

23. The main sources of information concerning fertility are population census and

      A.       Demographic surveys

      B.       Birth registration system.

      C.        Stratified sampling.

      D.        Questionnaire

24.   The causes of infant deaths can be generally being separated in two broad groups’ i.e. 

 Endogenous deaths and

A.                Neonatal deaths

B.                 Exogenous deaths.

C.                 Premature deaths.

D.                Mature deaths.

    25.  The simplest measure of fertility.

            A.       Crude birth rate.

            B.       Standardized birth rate.

            C.        Total fertility rate.

                  D.       The general fertility rate

1	B	2	A	3	A	4	B	5	C
6	A	7	D	8	B	9	B	10	C
11	A	12	B	13	D	14	C	15	A
16	B	17	A	18	D	19	D	20	B
21	C	22	B	23	B	24	B	25	A