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1. Which of the following is true about the sampling error?

A

it decreases as sample size increases

B

it does not depend on population size under study

C

it cannot be reduced by an appropriate sampling size

D

it cannot be measured and controlled in probability sample suvey

2. Which of the following is a method used for collecting secondary data?

A

Experiments

B

Personal interview

C

Questionnaire

D

Government Publications

3. What happens to the shape of a frequency polygon when the number of observations and classes increase?

A

Tends to become jagged

B

Remains the same

C

Trends to become increasingly smooth

D

Varies if data becomes more reliable

4. One of the options given below represents a state with the highest negative decadal population growth based on the census data of india 2011. Which of the options is correct?

A

Kerela

B

Goa

C

Nagaland

D

Tamil Nadu

5. As per the 2011 Census data, in which of the following union territories the female population outnumbers the male population?

A

Chandigarh

B

Lakshadweep

C

Andaman and Nicobar

D

Puducherry

6. What stage of demographic transition theory depicts the onset of Industrialization?

A

Stage 1

B

Stage 2

C

Stage 3

D

Stage 4

7. The number of degree of freedom for a 4X5 contingency table in a chi square test is

A

3

B

6

C

9

D

12

8. The Crude birth rate is

A

The average number of child in a society

B

Based on the women between the age of 14 to 40(Child bearing age?)

C

The average number of live births in a year on 1000 women population

D

The average number of live births in a year on 1000 People of total population

9. The level of reproduction in the society is known as

A

Mortality

B

Fertility

C

Migration

D

Morbidity

10. How many methods are employed to measure the seasonal variations?

A

1

B

2

C

3

D

4

11. According to whom population increase in Geometric progression while food production increase in arithmetic progression

A

Malthus

B

Keynes

C

Robbins

D

Bowley

12. The geometric mean of L and P indices is:

A

Fisher ideal index

B

Bowley Index

C

Marshall & Edgeworth Index

D

Kelly Index

13. The number of live births per thousand population in a given yea

A

Crude birth rate

B

Total Fertility Rate

C

Mortality rate

D

Morbidity rate

14. Counting of population is referred as

A

Growth rate

B

A census

C

Total Fertility rate

D

Total mortality rate

15. What is sampling error? It is

A

Population parameter

B

Sample statistic

C

Population parameter=Sample Statistic

D

The difference between population parameter and sample statistic

16. How many types of hypothesis are there?

A

One

B

Two

C

Three

D

Four

17. Demographers use the crude birth rate as a indicator of

A

Crude Birth rate

B

Crude Death rate

C

Fertility Rate

D

Mortality rate

18. The process of presenting data in the form of a table is called

A

Organisation

B

Classification

C

Presentation

D

Tabulation

19. The principal component of table is

A

Table number

B

Title

C

Head note

D

All of these

20. Which of the following is a basis of classification of a table?

A

Purpose

B

Construction

C

Originality

D

All of these