Population and Its Growth

Q.

Answer the following questions briefly.

(i) Why is the rate of population growth in India declining since 1981?

(ii) Discuss the major components of population growth.

(iii) Define age structure, death rate and birth rate.

(iv) How is migration a determinant factor of population change?

Q.

Which of the following conditions will create a biased estimator of a population parameter?

1. The sampling distribution of the estimator is skewed to the left.

2. The sampling distribution of the estimator is skewed to the right.

3. The sampling distribution of the estimator is not the same shape as the distribution of the population parameter.

4. The expected value of the estimator is not equal to the population parameter.

5. The variability of the sampling distribution of the estimator is not equal to the variability of the population parameter.

Q. Natural increase in population is the sum of the birth rate and the death rate.

1. True
2. False

Q. is defined as the percentage of people in a given population that can read and write with understanding.

1. Birth rate
2. Death rate
3. Literacy rate
4. Fertility rate

Q. What is the statistical study of human population called?

1. Demography
2. Demology
3. Prosopography
4. Epidemiology

Q. What is the total number of deaths under one year of age for every thousand live births in a year known as?

1. Death rate
2. Infant mortality rate
3. Life expectancy
4. Birth rate

Q. Population growth depends on which of the following factors?

1. Birth rate
2. Immigration
3. Death rate
4. Annual rainfall

Q. What does a country's birth rate refer to?

1. Number of live births
2. Number of live births per year
3. Number of live births per thousand of population per year
4. Number of live births per thousand of population every decade

Q.

Define Vicious and Virtuous cycle With one example each.

Q. ___________ indicates the number of deaths in a particular population per 1000 people in a year.