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When did India go through its second demographic transition?

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  1. After 1920

  2. Before 1920

  3. 1920

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The process of demographic transition in India is said to have set in sometime in the late 1920s and early 1930s when death rates started declining. 

When did India go through its first demographic transition?

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  1. After 1920

  2. Before 1920

  3. 1920

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Prior to 1920, India’s population was in the first stage with very high birth and high death rates. The death rate fluctuated from year to year, and as a consequence, the size of population remained almost stationary. 

What was the life expectancy in India during British rule?

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  1. 30 years

  2. 32 years

  3. 35 years

  4. 40 years

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The life expectancy in India during the British rule was 32 years. Now it is near about 50-55 minimum.

What is mortality rate?

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  1. Unit of deaths per thousand individuals per year

  2. Unit of deaths per hundred individuals per year

  3. Unit of deaths per ten thousand individuals per year

  4. Unit of deaths per ten individuals per year

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Mortality rate is the total number of deaths from a particular cause in 1 year divided by the number of people alive within the population at mid year.  It is usually expressed in units of deaths per 1,000 per year or it could be described as percent dead in a specific period of time.

What is life expectancy?

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  1. The approximate age of a number individuals

  2. The approximate number of death of a number individuals

  3. The approximate age of death of a number of individuals

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, its current age and other demographic factors including gender. The most commonly used measure is life expectancy at birth (LEB), which can be defined in two ways.

Which of the following added to the high mortality rate?

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  1. Water borne diseases

  2. Air borne diseases

  3. Inadequate medical services

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Water borne diseases like diarrhoea,cholera, air borne diseases  like influenza, chicken pox,mumps,measels ,tuberculosis etc.and inadequate stock,availability and untimely supply medical services are the main causes of high mortality rate.

What was the infant mortality rate in India during early British rule?

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  1. 63 per thousand

  2. 218 per thousand

  3. 300 per thousand

  4. 110 per thousand

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Infant mortality is the death of young children under the age of 1. This death toll is measured by the infant mortality rate, which is the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live births 

The infanct moratlity rate during the British rule in India was 218 per thousand live births.

What is infant mortality rate?

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  1. Number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 100 births in the same year

  2. Number of deaths of infants under two year old in a given year per 1,000 births in the same year

  3. Number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 10,000 births in the same year

  4. Number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 births in the same year

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Infant mortality rate  is the number of deaths per 1,000 live births of children under one year of age. The rate for a given region is the number of children dying under one year of age, divided by the number of live births during the year, multiplied by 1,000

What was India's overall literacy rate during British rule?

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  1. 21%

  2. 20%

  3. 18%

  4. 16%

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

When the British rule ended in India in the year 1947 the literacy rate was just 16%. Over the years, India has changed socially, economically, and globally. After the 2011 census, literacy rate India 2011 was found to be 74.04%.

What was India's female literacy rate?

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  1. 7%

  2. 9%

  3. 10%

  4. 13%

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

India's female literacy rate was 7% during 1941.