ugcnetonline.in NET Population Studies Model Question Paper : University Grants Commission

Name of the Organization : University Grants Commission
Type of the Exam : UGC National Eligibility Test NET
Subject : Population Studies
Year : 2014
Document Type : Model Question Paper
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** This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
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1. When was the first National Sample Survey carried out by the Registrar General of India, in India ?
(A) 1953 – 54
(B) 1950 – 51
(C) 1952 – 53
(D) 1951 – 52

2. The formula Pt = P0ert indicates which of the following models ?
(A) Arithmetic Growth Model
(B) Exponential Growth Model
(C) Logistic Growth Model
(D) Geometric Growth Model

3. Which one of the following does not match correctly ?
(A) U5MR – Mortality
(B) ADR – Ageing
(C) SMAM – Fertility
(D) GRR – Reproduction

5. Whose name is associated with correction of estimates of nonresponse from women who have no children and who have not stated parity ?
(A) El Badry
(B) Enke
(C) Bongaarts
(D) Notestein

6. Which among the following assumptions is not correct to estimate the fertility from ‘Own’ children data ?
(A) Children aged x to x + 1 are underenumerated.
(B) Women aged a to a + 1 are underenumerated.
(C) The proportion of non-own children is constant.
(D) Age specific mortality rates remain changed.

7. What are the errors that make estimation of fertility through Reverse Survival ratio Method not possible ?
(i) Under enumeration of children
(ii) Age mis-reporting of children
(iii) The pattern of mortality
selected to obtain survival ratio Codes :
(A) (i)
(B) (ii)
(C) (i), (ii), (iii)
(D) (ii), (iii)

8. Which of the following states recorded the highest percentage of elderly population, as per the 2011 Census ?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Kerala

9. If less number of persons remain single in cohort A than cohort B, it indicates that
(A) Cohort A experienced higher marriage rates
(B) Cohort B experienced higher marriage rates
(C) Cohort A and B experienced same marriage rates
(D) None of the above

10. Name the state with highest population density as per the 2011 Census.
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) West Bengal

11. According to the 2011 Census of India, which amongst the following States/Union Territories sex ratio (female per 1000 males) has been recorded lowest
(A) Haryana
(B) NCT of Delhi
(C) Chandigarh
(D) Daman & Diu

12. What is the relationship between ‘Net Reproduction Rate’ (NRR) and ‘Gross Reproduction Rate’ (GRR) ?
(A) GRR is multiplexed by survival rates of female
(B) GRR is divided by the survival rates of females
(C) NRR is divided by the survival rate of females
(D) None of the above

14. Prevalence of a disease is defined as
(A) New cases of disease in the reference period per 100 population exposed to disease.
(B) Old cases of disease in the reference period per 100 population exposed to disease.
(C) New and old cases in the reference period per 100 population exposed to disease.
(D) None of the above

15. Among the following, which years, NFHS-I, NFHS-II and NFHS-III were conducted ?
(A) 1998–99, 2002–03 and 2005–06
(B) 1993–94, 2004–05 and 2008–09
(C) 1992–93, 1998–99 and ü 2005–06
(D) 1995–96, 2000–01 and 2005–06

16. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-III, highest prevalence of anaemia in children 6-59 months is found in which State given below ?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Chhatisgarh
(C) Bihar
(D) Haryana

17. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-III report which among the following states is having lowest knowledge of AIDS in both men and women ?
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Jharkhand
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Karnataka

18. Death rates are standardised _______
(A) to adjust for under registration of deaths
(B) to eliminate differential influence of one or more variables
(C) to provide correct situation of actual or experienced rates
(D) to determine future rates

19. If the life table, death rate of a stationary population is 10, then the life table birth rate for the same population is _______.
(A) < 10
(B) > 10
(C) 10
(D) None of the above

20. Rank the reasons for migration of migrants by last residence with duration of a 0 – 9 years, as per the 2001 Census
(A) marriage, moved with household, work/employment
(B) moved with household, marriage, work/employment
(C) marriage, work/employment, moved with household
(D) work/employment, marriage, moved with household