Which one of the following provides the best indication of future population trend ?
Child - Woman Ratio
Gross Reproduction Rate (G.R.R.)
Net Reproduction Rate (N.R.R.)
Standardised Birth Rate
The difference between the number of people coming the area and those going out of that area is called :
Volume of migration
Natural migration
Net migration
Gross migration
Consider the following :
1. Low birth rates and low death rates
2. High birth rates and high death rates
3. High birth rates and low death rates
What is the sequential arrangement of the above changes in population denoted by the theory of Demographic Transition ?
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
1, 2, 3
2, 3, 1
1, 3, 2
2, 1, 3
The major share of a city's population growth in India is due to:
Migration
Natural growth
Redefinitions of municipal limits
Industrialisation
The death of children below one year of life is known as :
Child mortality
Intra - uterine mortality
Neo - natal mortality
Infant mortality
Consider the following reasons :
1. Birth - rate has not changed at all over the past 50 years.
2. Although birth - rate has declined, the decline in death rate has been faster.
3. While the birth - rate has been declining, death rate has stagnated over time.
4. Decline in death rate preceded the decline in birth - rate by almost half a century.
Which of these are the reasons for the rapid growth of population in India ?
2 and 4
1 and 2
1 and 4
3 and 4
Assertion(A): Law is an agency of social control.Reason(R): It is through law that state brings about social change.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
Which one of the following states has the lowest density of population as per 1991 census ?
Arunachal Pradesh
Mizoram
Sikkim
Manipur
Class - I towns in India are growing at a higher rate than that of towns of smaller size. These towns alone constitute :
Less than 50% of total urban population of India
More than 60% of total urban population of India
More than 40% of total urban population of India
More than 70% of total urban population of India
Assertion(A): The average annual growth rate of population is normally less than the exponential growth rate.Reason (R): Population does not grow by constant increment of people.