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According to 2011 Census, the population of Tamil Nadu was about _____.

  1. 6,98,936

  2. 7,21,38,958

  3. 8,01,38,916

  4. 8,18,38,913


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

As per 2011 Census, the population of Tamil Nadu was about 7,21,38,958 of which 3,61,58,871 was males and 3,59,80,087 was females. Tamil Nadu as a whole has 5.96% of the total national population.

Scarcity of capital, technological backwardness and unemployment are generally found in ___________.

  1. developed countries

  2. underdeveloped countries

  3. developing

  4. none


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • The underdeveloped countries are characterized by:
  1.  Low per capita income 
  2.  High rate of capital formation 
  3.  High dependency figure 
  4.  Working force largely in the primary sector 

 Consider the following statements and identify the right ones.

  1. COR is relatively low in labour intensive sectors.

  2. COR will be high in capital intensive sectors

  3. Both a and b

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The labour intensive sector is the one in which large amount of labour is required by any industry for the production of goods whereas capital intensive sector is the one in which a huge capital invesment is required by the industry to produce goods. Labour intensive includes restuarants, agriculture etc whereas oil production and refining, railways etc. Thus COR is high in capital intensive and low in labour intensive.

Tamil Nadu as a whole has _____ of the total national population.

  1. 4.67%

  2. 5.09%

  3. 5.96%

  4. 6.36%


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

As per 2011 Census, the population of Tamil Nadu was about 7,21,38,958 of which 3,61,58,871 was males and 3,59,80,087 was females. Tamil Nadu as a whole has 5.96% of the total national population.

Which of the following denotes an underdeveloped economy?

  1. High level of inequalities

  2. Low level of capital productivity

  3. A relatively closed economy

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Underdeveloped economy is characterized by:
  1.  Low per capita income 
  2.  High rate of capital formation 
  3.  High dependency figure 
  4.  Working force largely in the primary sector.

Which of the following about strategy of balanced growth is right?

  1. Simultaneous investment in all sectors

  2. All sectors are independent

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Balanced growth doctrine advocates simultaneous investment in a number of industries. 
  • The balanced growth aims at the development of all sectors simultaneously but unbalanced growth recommends that the investment should be made only in leading sectors of the economy.

consider the following statements
1. Human resource has quantitative as well as qualitative features.
2. Size of population,growth of population and health care are quantitative features.
3. Birth rate,age structure and sex ratio are qualitative features.

Which of the above statements are correct?

  1. 1 only

  2. 1 and 2 only

  3. 2 and 3 only

  4. 1,2 and 3 only.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Human resource has two parts- quantitative and qualitative. While size of population and growth of population are quantitative part but health care comes under the qualitative part.
Birth rate, age structure and sex ratio come under quantitative part.

The human development index(HDI) is used to measure human development of a particular country. In order to calculate it takes in to account _________________.

  1. Life expectancy

  2. Education index

  3. Income index

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

the human development index takes into account three dimensions to calculate human development of a country. The dimensions are-1 Life expectancy
                                                                           2 Education index
                                                                           3 Income index.

Consider the following statements-
1. The Integrated child development scheme(ICDS) ensures integrated development of children upto 6 years only.
2. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA) ensures universal primary education to all and to improve educational facilities.

Which of the above statements are correct?

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. both 1 and 2

  4. neither 1 nor 2


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The statement 2 is correct. For the statement 1, The integrated child development scheme not only ensures integrated development of children upto 6 years but also provides healthcare for pregnant and lactating women.

Consider the following statements-
 
1.The branch of social science that analyses the population,the change in its size,its structural aspects,etc is known as demography.
2.Size of population refers to the total number of people residing in a country at a particular time.

Which of the above statements are wrong? 

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. both 1 and 2

  4. neither 1 nor 2


Correct Option: D