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State whether the following statements are True or False:
Improvement in the status of women can check population growth.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

Economic development involves only economic growth.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B

State whether the following statements are True or False:
Birth rate in India is decreasing.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B

India is included in high human development group.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B

State whether the following statement is True or False.
Females do not suffer from gender inequality.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B

This is not a social and demographic indicator under Economic development _____________.

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  1. Literacy rate

  2. Urbanisation

  3. Increase in employment

  4. Life expectancy

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It is economic indicator.

Standard of living is measured by __________.

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  1. HDI

  2. FDI

  3. FBI

  4. CBI

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A standard of living is the level of wealth, comfort, material goods and necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class or a certain geographic area. The standard of living includes factors such as income, gross domestic product, national economic growth, economic and political stability, political and religious freedom, environmental quality, climate, and safety. The standard of living is closely related to quality of life.It is measured by HDI.

State whether the following statement is True or False:
India ranks 1st in the world in terms of population.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

China ranks first in the world in terms of population.

The concept of HDI was introduced by UNDP.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq created HDI in 1990 which was further used to measure the country's development by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).


Population census are undertaken once in every ___ year.

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  1. five 

  2. ten 

  3. twenty 

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Population Census is the total process of collecting, compiling, analyzing or otherwise disseminating demographic, economic and social data pertaining, at a specific time, of all persons in a country or a well-defined part of a country. Population census are undertaken once in every 10 years.