Human Population (AIPVT)
Human Population and Demography - covers fertility rates, mortality statistics, census data, age structure, population growth, and contraception methods
Questions
What is the study of human population called?
- Epidemiology
- Demography
- Vital statistics
- Census
What is/are affected by an increase in human population?
- Living standard
- Food requirement and land resources
- Medical facilities
- All of the above
Which statistical measure is equal to the number of children a woman can bear if she passes through her entire reproductive cycle?
- General Fertility Rate (GFR)
- Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
- Net Reproduction Rate (NRR)
- Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
According to 2011 census, which state has the highest sex ratio in India?
- Rajasthan
- Haryana
- Kerala
- Karnataka
What does an urn-shaped pyramid of age ratio signify?
- Population containing a large number of young people
- Moderate proportion of young to old
- Fewer reproductive individuals
- Low fertility and low mortality
What is death below 1 year per 1000 live births known as?
- Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR)
- Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
- Perinatal Mortality Rate (PMR)
- Post-Natal Mortality Rate (PNMR)
Which of the following is a wrong formula of calculating corresponding fertility measure?
- Birth rate = (Number of live births in a given area per estimated mid-year population) x 1000
- Growth rate = ((Live births + Net migrants - Deaths during a year)/ Mid-year population) x 1000
- Natural increase rate = Crude birth rate - Maternal mortality rate
- Crude death rate = (Number of deaths in a year per mid-year population) x 1000
Which of the following is a reason of maternal mortality rate?
- Unsafe drinking water
- Unscientific procedures followed during conducting delivery
- Short birth interval
- Complications in placenta
Deaths due to malnutrition and infection (if immunisation is not done) occur mostly in
- infants
- neonates
- post-neonates
- perinatal phase
The maximum number of individuals that can be sustained in a given environment without adversely affecting the existence of others is called
- biotic potential
- carrying capacity
- population
- natural increase
What does intra-uterine contraception imply?
- Cutting and ligating the ends of segments of vas deferens
- Surgical removal of a segment of oviduct
- Use of copper-T and loop
- Use of spermicide in vagina
Which of the following pairs is incorrect?
- Physical method - Condom
- Chemical method - Oral pills
- Hormonal method - Menstrual induction
- Terminal method - Laproscopy
Which is/are the safe period(s) of sexual intercourse?
- During menstrual cycle
- Before 8th day of menstrual cycle
- After 21st day of menstrual cycle
- Both (2) and (3)
On what factor does the density of human population depend predominantly?
- Social factor
- Availability of enough food
- Availability of enough water
- Climate of that area
Which of the following hormones is/are used in making oral contraceptives?
- Progesterone
- Estrogen
- Both (1) and (2)
- Testosterone