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Live births per 1000 population per year is called _______.

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  1. Live birth rate

  2. Birth rate

  3. Crude birth rate

  4. New population rate

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The birth rate is the total number of live births per thousand of a population in a year or period. The birth rate is used to calculate population growth of a country.

Sex-ratio means __________________.

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  1. The relation between male and female

  2. The ratio between the number of adult male and adult female in a population

  3. The ratio between number of female and number of male in a population

  4. The number of females per 1000 males in a population

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sex ratio is the number of females present per 1000 males in an area. Sex ratio of India according 2011 census is 940 females per 1000 males. Kerala state of India has highest sex ratio.

The composition of a population in terms of the proportions of individuals of different ages is called ____________.

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  1. Age structure

  2. Population density

  3. Population dynamics

  4. Youth bulge

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The composition of a population in terms of the proportions of individuals of different ages is called age structure. It divides population among the ages like the number of individuals aged 0–4, 5–14, 15–29, 30–44, 45–59, 60–69, over 70.

Which of the following is not correct regarding India's literacy?

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  1. Literacy rate has gone up to 74% from 65%

  2. Kerala has the highest literacy rate

  3. Bihar has the lowest literacy rate

  4. Men outnumber women in literacy growth rate

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Among the given options the correct ones are: 
  • Literacy rate has gone up to 74% from 65%, Kerala has the highest literacy rate and Bihar has the lowest literacy rate.
  • The only option which states that Men outnumber women in growth literates is not true because literacy growth rate of women is higher when compared to men.

In a fast-growing population with a high proportion of young people representing younger ages at the bottom and older ages at the top is called ___________.

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  1. Triangle shaped age structure

  2. Inverted triangle

  3. Both A and B

  4. None

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In a fast-growing population with a high proportion of young people representing younger ages at the bottom and older ages at the top will have triangle shaped age structure because young people who are represented at the bottom are more in number than that of the old aged individuals in a growing population.

The denominator for 'General Fertility Rate' is ____________.

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  1. Mid year population

  2. Mid year population of 15-45 years

  3. Mid year population of all women

  4. Mid year population of 15-45 year age group married women

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The general fertility rate (GFR) is the total number of live births per 1,000 women of reproductive age. The reproducitve age is ususally considered as population of 15-45 years. Hence the denominator in general fertility rate pertains to Mid year population of 15-45 years.

According to 2011 census, Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh and Samba Valley in Jammu and Kashmir have _________.

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  1. Least population density

  2. Least adult sex ratio

  3. Least female literacy

  4. Least child sex ratio

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Population density is defined as the number of people present per square kilometer. According to 2011 census, Dibang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh and Samba Valley of Jammu and Kashmir have least population density. According to 2011 census, Dibang valley has 1 person per square kilometer and Samba valley had 353 persons per square kilometer.

According to 2011 census, which of the following states is not among the first five places in highest literacy rates?

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  1. Kerala

  2. Mizoram

  3. Tripura

  4. Punjab

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

According to 2011 census, Punjab does not occupy first five places in literacy rate. It has a literacy rate of  75.84 %. Kerala has highest literacy rate followed by Lakshadweep and then Mizoram.

Sex ratio is __________.

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  1. Number of females per thousand males

  2. Number of females per hundred males

  3. The study of population growth

  4. Difference between birth rate and death rates

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sex ratio is the number of females present per 1000 males in an area. According to 2011 census sex ratio of India is 940 females per 1000 of males.

Which of the following is true about the age structure diagram of developed countries like the United States?

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  1. They have column shaped age structure diagram

  2. The population has fewer young and reproductive-aged individuals

  3. lesser older peoples proportion

  4. A and B

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The composition of a population in terms of the proportions of individuals of different ages is called age structure. In a developed country the age structure pyramid takes the shape of a column and they have fewer young and reproductive-aged individuals.