What was the main reason for population explosion in the world?
Maternal mortality
Very high fertility
Lack of schooling
Lack of poverty
When did China impose the ‘One Child’ policy ?
1970
1973
1978
1979
When did China introduce their Great Leap Forward programme?
1949
1950
1954
1958
The region having highest ageing population of 60 years and above.
Asia
Europe
Africa
Antarctica
If, in the total population of 1,50,000 of an area, 20,000 comprises of people aged below 14, 30000 comprises of those aged above 64, then what is the dependency ratio?
20
33.33
50
100
When was China’s first birth control programme introduced?
1956
Which is the country that introduced the most severe anti-natalist policy?
China
India
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Which of the following age is the median age?
Below 16 years
Above 64 years
That divides a population into two numerically equal groups
Of average life expectancy
Which of the following country has the highest young dependent population?
Uganda
Japan
Percentage of people above 64 to the total population is called:
Dependency ratio
Ageing ratio
Child dependency ratio
Aged dependency ratio
