POPULATION STUDIES
Paper – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
Read the paragraph given below and answer the questions (1 to 4) :
India has made considerable progress over the years in the health sector under National Health Mission, that has improved the availability and access to quality health care, specially for the poor women and children residing in rural areas. The JSY scheme under NHM had barrier of ‘Out of Pocket Expenditure’ on drug, diagnostics, transport, etc. The Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) was launched to provide free treatment, drug, diagnostics, diet and transport during institutional delivery. With the implementation of these schemes, significant progress is observed in institutional delivery and ANC coverage. As per the latest data of the Rapid Survey On Children (RSOC), the institutional deliveries in India are 78.7%, but only 61.8% women received ANC in first trimester and the coverage of full ANC was as low as 19.7%. The desired coverage and quality of maternal health services is still a matter of concern. In view of above findings, government has launched a scheme to provide minimum package of ANC services on the 9th day of every month to ensure that every pregnant woman receives atleast one check-up in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters of pregnancy.
1. What are the barriers in the utilization of JSY scheme ?
(1) Lack of faith in government health facilities.
(2) Not getting JSY incentives in time.
(3) Non-availability of “out of pocket expenditure” on treatment, drug, and diagnostics etc. during delivery
(4) Lack of awareness about JSY scheme.
2. Under the Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK), which of the following are provided ‘free of cost’ during delivery ?
(1) Free transport facility during delivery and referral.
(2) Free treatment, drugs, diagnostics during delivery in government health facility.
(3) Free diet during delivery in the government health facility.
(4) All of the above.
3. Which one of the following survey findings, government used to further improve coverage and quality of ANC services in government hospitals ?
(1) NFHS-III
(2) AHS 2011-12
(3) DLHS-IV
(4) RSOC 2012-13
4. Which of the recent scheme is launched by the Government of India to improve quantity and quality of ANC and delivery services ?
(1) Vouchers to pregnant women for free delivery in private hospitals.
(2) Free transport to pregnant women for delivery.
(3) Incentives to pregnant women for institutional delivery.
(4) Minimum package of ANC services on 9th of every month.
5. Which among the following is the correct sequence of first four most populous countries of the world in 2016 ?
(1) China, India, Brazil, USA
(2) China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh
(3) China, India, USA, Indonesia
(4) China, India, Brazil, Indonesia
6. Which one among the following is not a measure of mortality ?
(1) Crude Death Rate
(2) Average Life Expectancy
(3) Infant Mortality
(4) Net Reproduction Rate
7. Which of the following country was not covered under WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) ?
(1) China
(2) India
(3) Mexico
(4) Brazil
8. Which among the following sectors has over representation of women worker ?
(1) Semi-skilled services
(2) Managerial services
(3) Professional Services
(4) Technical jobs
9. Match the scholars in List – I with the models in List – II :
10. Which of the following combinations have not been proposed by Julian Simon ?
i. Supported the club of Rome’s limits to growth.
ii. Assumed that population growth causes technological progress.
iii. Used the second law of thermodynamics to assume that technolgoical progress is costless.
iv. Assumed the classical view of technological change.
Codes :
(1) i iii iv
(2) i ii iii
(3) ii i iv
(4) iv iii ii
11. As per NFHS-IV findings, which of the following group of States shows “Clean fuel for cooking (Electricity, LPG, Bio-gas)” in descending (higher to lower) order ?
(1) Goa, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Puducherry
(2) Goa, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh
(3) Goa, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
(4) Goa, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Sikkim
12. Which of the following combination is not associated with ‘Chipko’ Movement ?
i. Urban poor
ii. Saving the trees in the forests
iii. Tractor farming
iv. Housing in rural areas
Codes :
(1) i ii iii
(2) i iii iv
(3) ii iii iv
(4) i ii iv
13. Match names of the authors given in List – I with the title of the books given in List – II :
14. Which amongst the following measures is not Summary Measure of Population Health (SMPH) ?
(1) QALYs (Quality Adjusted Life Years)
(2) HALE (Health Adjusted Life Expectancy)
(3) Eoo (Life Expectancy at Birth)
(4) DALE (Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy)
15. Among the following combinations, which one correctly lists (by United Nations), five countries with higher to lower life expectancy in 2014 ?
(1) Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Australia, Italy
(2) Japan, Iceland, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia
(3) Japan, Italy, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Australia
(4) Hong Kong, Japan, Italy, Switzerland, Singapore
16. According to Leibenstein, marginal utility of a child – Which one is correctly defined ?
(1) Insignificant economic utility of a child
(2) Utility of an additional child
(3) Psychologically less important utility
(4) Utility of first and last children
17. By which of the following means, a country can move along the continuum from less developed to more developed country ?
(1) Technology gap
(2) Cultural convergence
(3) Technology transfer
(4) Occupational structure
18. Match Indicators, shown in List – I with the Bigger States shown in List – II :
19. What is the importance of Ozone (O3) layer in the upper atmosphere ?
(1) It enhances the greenhouse effect.
(2) It has led to sharp increases in all types of cancer.
(3) It absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation.
(4) It reduces the amount of acid rain and urban smog.
20. Which of the following approaches are included in the implementation framework of NRHM ?
(1) Communitization and Flexible Financing
(2) Improved Management and Flexible Financing
(3) Improved Management, Flexible Financing and Innovations in Human Resource Management.
(4) Communitization, Flexible financing, Improved management, Innovations in Human Resource Management and monitoring progress against standards.
21. Match the items in List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using codes given below :
22. Which one of the following is not in analytical framework for the study of child survivalas suggested by Mosley and Chen : 1984 ?
(1) Maternal factors
(2) Ecological factors
(3) Environmental factors
(4) Nutrient deficiency
23. Which among the following is incorporated in the definition of chronic food insecurity ?
(1) Long term inability to meet minimum requirement.
(2) Short term inability to meet minimum requirement.
(3) Inability to meet the requirement due to fluctuation in production.
(4) Inability to meet the requirement due to inflation.
24. Which one of the following measures does not consider/include only new causes of illness during reference period (time period of observation) ?
(1) Incidence rate
(2) Attack rate
(3) Secondary attack rate
(4) Period prevalence rate
25. Match the scholars in List – I with the concepts in List – II :
26. Which one among the following is the correct expression of BOD ?
(1) Biological Oxygen Demand
(2) Biotic Oxygen Demand
(3) Biochemical Oxygen Demand
(4) Biological Oxidation Demand
27. Who among the following scholars created Central Place Theory related to Human Settlement ?
(1) Burgess
(2) Todaro
(3) Walter Christaller
(4) Adele E. Clarke
28. What is the name given to rapid population increase that has taken place since the Industrial Revolution ?
(1) Population growth
(2) Population bomb
(3) Population explosion
(4) Population bang
29. Match the internationally celebrated days shown in List – I with the days when they are celebrated shown in List – II :
30. In Rank-Size-Rule which one of the following relationship between city population and the city rank is correct ?
(1) Linear
(2) Hyperbola
(3) Concave
(4) Logistic
31. Pollutants that are introduced into the environment by human activity are correctly called by which of the following :
(1) Biological pollution
(2) Radiation pollution
(3) Chemical pollution
(4) Anthropogenic pollution
32. Which among the following has been the rank of India’s Human Development Index according to UNDP report for the year 2015 ?
(1) 125th
(2) 130th
(3) 136th
(4) 138th
33. A population pyramid with a wider base indicates which of the following ?
(1) Decline of population
(2) Rapid growth in population
(3) Slow growth in population
(4) Stability in population
34. Match items in List – I with the items given in List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below :
35. Which of the following measure is used for calculating disease burden ?
(1) Fertility measures
(2) Nuptiality table
(3) Migration measures
(4) Disability-adjusted life years
36. According to NFHS-IV, which of the following States had highest percentage of institutional delivery ?
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Karnataka
(3) Goa
(4) Andhra Pradesh
37. Why is polluted ground water difficult to clean ? Select right answer from the following :
(1) Water cycle stops when water is polluted.
(2) Groundwater table is difficult to reach.
(3) Groundwater is shallow near the ground.
(4) Water cycle happens very slowly.
38. Which of the following combination is characteristic of a sustainable society ?
(i) Relies heavily on fossil fuels
(ii) Protects biological species from extinction
(iii) Practices resource conservation
(iv) Uses renewable resources wherever possible
Codes :
(1) i ii iii
(2) i ii iv
(3) ii iii iv
(4) iv iii i
39. Which one of the following set of factors explain the meaning of endogenous causes of mortality ?
(1) Biological and environmental factors
(2) Genetical factors
(3) Biological and genetical factors
(4) Environmental factors
40. Arrange the following bigger States of India in descending order (high to low) in view of their natural growth rate of population according to the SRS Bulletin July 2016 :
(i) Jharkhand
(ii) Rajasthan
(iii) Uttar Pradesh
(iv) Bihar
Codes :
(1) i iv iii ii
(2) iv iii i ii
(3) iii ii i iv
(4) ii iii iv i
41. According to NFHS-IV data, which of the following States had highest percentage of children age 12 – 23 months receiving full vaccination coverage ?
(1) West Bengal
(2) Goa
(3) Sikkim
(4) Tamil Nadu
42. The natural growth rate of India falls in which among the following categories as per the SRS Bulletin July 2016
(1) 6 – 8 %
(2) 9 – 11 %
(3) 12 – 14 %
(4) 15 – 17 %
43. According to NFHS-4, arrange the following States in ascending order (low to high) of their current status of child mortality rate in rural area :
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Telangana
Codes :
(1) (a) (b) (c) (d)
(2) (b) (c) (d) (a)
(3) (c) (d) (b) (a)
(4) (d) (c) (a) (b)
44. The age standardized marriage rate for females is given by (*refer to standard population) :
(1) 
(2) 
(3) 
(4) 
45. What is the relationship between Gross National Product (GNP) and energy consumption ?
(1) As GNP increases, energy consumption increses.
(2) There is no relationship between the two indicators.
(3) Each increases in relation to the other.
(4) As energy consumption decreases GNP increases.
46. Assertion (A) : It will be very difficult for the Governments of developing countries to provide its people decent quality of life.
Reason (R) : It is due to the prospect of population increase and depleting resources in the developing countries.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
47. Which statement of the following are correct ?
(i) Reasons for migration varies among males and females in India.
(ii) Work is a predominant reason for female migration in India.
(iii) Females are predominant in rural to rural stream of migration.
(1) (i) and (ii) are correct.
(2) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(3) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(4) Only (ii) is correct.
48. Which among the following reason for migration is covered by Census of India, 2001 ?
(1) Family unification
(2) Natural calamity
(3) Development related
(4) Move after birth
49. Match different fertility indices in Bongaart’s model given in List – I with their formula in List – II :
50. Who among the following has opined that migration takes place from labour surplus sector to deficit sector as a perception of wage differentials ?
(1) Stouffer
(2) Sjaastad
(3) Lewis-Rains and Fei Model
(4) Markov
51. Match Items in List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using codes given below :
52. According to NFHS-IV data, which of the following States has highest percentage of evermarried women experiencing violence during pregnancy ?
(1) Telagana
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Bihar
(4) Karnataka
53. Which one of the following organisation was not involved in collaborating survey on ‘Building a knowledge Base on Population Ageing – India (BKPAI)’ ?
(1) International Institute of Population Science (IIPS)
(2) Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC)
(3) Institute of Economic Growth (IEG)
(4) Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
54. Assertion (A) : Health status of population in our country is not good.
Reason (R) : Social exclusion and inequity across gender, caste and religion are major barriers to good population health status.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false and (R) is true.
55. Which one of the following is not a measure of population ageing ?
(1) Relative weight of the elderly in population
(2) Ageing index
(3) Old-age mortality rate
(4) Old-age dependency ratio
56. According to SRS (2010-13) cause of deaths Statistics, top ten causes of death in EAG States & Assam (all ages) accounts for more than
(1) 70% deaths
(2) 80% deaths
(3) 90% deaths
(4) 100% deaths
57. Which one of the following Index is not used to measure the extent of digit preference for ages ?
(1) Myer’s Index
(2) Whipple’s Index
(3) UN Age-sex Accuracy Index
(4) Bogue’s Index
58. How many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been identified by UN ?
(1) 13
(2) 17
(3) 18
(4) 20
59. Assertion (A) : Unintended pregnancy is low among young women.
Reason (R) : Young women have more access to health and family welfare programmes.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
60. Which of the following is the major causes of death in age 1 – 4 years in rural India according to SRS (2010-13) cause of death statistics ?
(1) Pneumonia
(2) Diarrhoeal diseases
(3) Malaria
(4) Fever of unknown origin
61. Which one of the following was not the substantive focus of ‘India Human Development Survey (IHDS)’ conducted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) ?
(1) Education
(2) Health
(3) Livelihood
(4) Environment
62. Which among the following concept is not associated with Malthusian approach ?
(1) Population bomb
(2) Positive check
(3) Technological change
(4) Overpopulation
63. Which of the following combination of factors did not happen to the relative economic development of the third world, when International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) introduced the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) measure in 1993 ?
(i) Declined significantly
(ii) Remained the same
(iii) Increased marginally
(iv) Doubled
Codes :
(1) (i) (ii) (iii)
(2) (i) (ii) (iv)
(3) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(4) (iii) (i) (iv)
64. According to NFHS-IV data, which of the following state had highest percentage of current use of ‘any modern method’ ?
(1) Haryana
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Karnataka
65. Which educational category among the following shows highest difference between male and female in census of India, 2011 ?
(1) Primary level
(2) Middle level
(3) Secondary level
(4) Technical education
66. Which one of the following statement is not true ?
(1) The period prevalence rate is frequently used than the point prevalence rate.
(2) The period prevalence is the sum of point prevalence at the beginning of the period plus incidence of cases during the period.
(3) The period prevalence rate is used to measure the frequency of illness existing during a defined period.
(4) In case of acute illness of a relatively short duration, the period prevalence rate is approximately equal to the incidence rate when the period of observation is sufficiently long.
67. Which among the following biological factors affecting foetal and neo-natal infant mortality rates hold true ?
(i) Age of mother
(ii) The birth order
(iii) Spacing between births
(iv) Weight at birth
Codes :
(1) (i)
(2) (i), (ii)
(3) (i), (ii), (iii)
(4) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
68. What is not correct about Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) ?
(1) Purpose is to strengthen the adolescent component of Reproductive, Maternal, New born Child Health & Adolescent (RMNCH + A) strategy.
(2) A dedicated Adolescent Health Counsellors is placed under School Health Programme.
(3) Expanded scope of the programme includes nutrition, sexual and reproductive health, gender based violence, mental health and substance misuse.
(4) During the first phase 50% Blocks in 231 districts will be covered.
69. The following List – I presents Development activities and List – II describes major impact on environment on account of these development activities.
70. In the model classifies the intermediate variables’ devised by Kingsley Davis and Judith Blake, which one among the following is not included under the category factors affecting exposure to conception (“Conception variable”) ?
(1) Fecundity or infecundity, as affected by involuntary causes.
(2) Use or non-use of contraception.
(3) Coital frequency (excluding periods of abstinence)
(4) Fecundity or infecundity as affected by voluntary causes (sterilization, sub-incision, medical treatment etc.)
71. What is not correct in respect of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) ?
(1) The target group is children in the age group 0 – 6 years.
(2) Objective is to reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout.
(3) The scheme is jointly implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Health.
(4) The ICDS scheme also offers package of six services including pre-school nonformal education.
72. Arrange the first four countries among the following in descending order (high to low) in terms of the Human Development Index (HDI) rank assigned to them according to the U.N. Development Report – 2015 ?
(i) Norway
(ii) Australia
(ii) Switzerland
(iv) Denmark
Codes :
(1) Denmark, Switzerland, Australia and Norway
(2) Norway, Australia, Switzerland, Denmark
(3) Switzerland, Norway, Australia and Denmark
(4) Australia, Switzerland, Denmark and Norway
73. Match the following measures of mortality given in List – I with their definition in List – II :
74. Assertion (A) : The high level expert group on universal health coverage for India proposed enhancing public expenditure on health from existing 1.2% of GDP to atleast 2.5 by 2017 and to 3% of GDP by 2022.
Reason (R) : The increased public expenditure on health will lead to a sharp decline in proportion of private ‘Out of pocket’ spending on health from 67% to around 33% by 2022.
Codes :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
75. In India, which among the following is considered as the period of ‘stagnant population growth’ ?
(1) 1891 – 1921
(2) 1921 – 1951
(3) 1931 – 1951
(4) 1951 – 1981
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