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Class 12 Sociology Chapter 3 The Demographic Structure Of Indian Society Quiz 1 (58 MCQs)

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1. A potential economic boost associated with a shift from a population with a higher percentage of economically dependent people to a population with a higher percentage of economically productive people.
2. This statistic is calculated by dividing the number of economically dependent people (younger than age 15 and older than age 65) by the number of working age people (ages 15 to 64) and multiplying by 100:
3. Stage 4 of the demographic transition model is characterized by
4. Thomas Malthus suggested that capitalism was the only economic system that could function.
5. Which of the following cannot determine population size
6. The four varna levels gradually divided into thousands of smaller groups known as jati. These were based on the type of work a person did. Jati and Caste refer to the same ..... system in India.
7. When the crude birth rate is higher than the crude death rate, the difference between the two is called the
8. Which of the following is not a qualitative aspect of demography?
9. During the Emergency, government tried to intensify the effort to bring down the growth rate of population by:
10. What are the two types of demography?
11. The Vaisyas (VYSH * yuhs), or commoners were usually .....
12. ' Failure of entitlement ' suggest that:
13. Population explosion is a part of which stage of demographic transition?
14. India's family planning programme was launched in the year
15. As per Malthus food supply increase in the following manner-
16. Which of the following is not a reason for decline in child sex ratio:
17. Life expectance is the number of years that new born babies are expected to live on average
18. The change from high fertility and high mortality to low fertility and low mortality as a country develops economically is referred to as the:
19. Malthusian theory states that population increases as per the following trend .....
20. The procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population is called
21. The dependency ratio shows demographers
22. Malthus argued that food supply can only increase .....
23. Which is not a preventative check that affect birth rate?
24. At the lowest level of society were the Untouchables. They were also called the Outcastes because they were not even part of the jati or caste system. They .....
25. The state with the TFR below replacement level is:
26. Which of the following is not a reason for rural to urban migration?
27. The state with the highest child sex ratio is
28. A country with an ageing population has a population pyramid shape with a wide bottom and small top
29. In India's leading families, a boy had a ..... , or teacher, until he attended school in the city.
30. Thomas Malthus developed his ideas before the Industrial Revolution.
31. The ..... were the priests-the people who performed religious ceremonies
32. Death Rate is Calculated By:
33. Demography is made up of two words demos and graphien which mean ..... and ..... respectively.
34. Same number of individuals at the beginning and end of a certain period is referred to as
35. Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques ( Regulation and Prevention of Misuse ) Act, has been in force since:
36. Indian men had more rights than women and inherited property.
37. First stage of demographic transition applies to-
38. The distribution of people among various age groups in a population is called the:
39. In the demographic transition, which factor decreases first?
40. According to Thomas Malthus ..... increases the death rate.
41. In India, censuses began to be conducted by the British Indian government between
42. Problem of selective abortions is not due to poverty or ignorance or lack of resources
43. The number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1, 000 live births. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
44. Demographic dividend implies
45. Which Indian state is acquiring an age structure like that of developed countries.
46. Malthus believed that the fear of ..... would reduce the birthrate.
47. True or false:The percentage of older adults in the world is decreasing, while the percentage of children is increasing.
48. ..... were servants and manual workers which means they did physical labor. They had few rights, and most Indians were in the this varna or caste.
49. Epidemic is an example of
50. Disease, war, and disaster are all negative checks on population.
51. A population pyramid looks like an upside-down triangle. This area has a large percentage of
52. Thomas Malthus argued that human population increases .....
53. The state with incredibly low child sex ratio is:
54. A country enters stage 3 of the demographic transition when
55. Which of the following terms is the scientific study of populations by examining trends including but not limited to birth rates and death rates?
56. Which of the following terms is defined by an illustration that depicts the distribution of a population by age and gender?
57. The four ..... of ancient India are called varnas (or castes). People were considered members of the varna or caste into which they were born.
58. According to census of 2011, which state has the highest per capita income?
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