CBSE Class 12 Sociology Demographic Structure of Indian Society Worksheet Set 01

Question. Which sociologist describe suicide as a social phenomenon?
(a) Emile Durkheim
(b) Talcott Parsons
(c) Robert K. Merton
(d) Jean Baudrillard

Answer : A

Question. Dependents comprise of
(a) young people below 15
(b) old people above 65
(c) infants and 70 plus old people
(d) Both (a) and (c)

Answer : D

Question. Th changing age structure offers a demographic dividend for India. Identify from the following choices, the relevant age range that allows for demographic dividend.
(a) 0-14
(b) 15-64
(c) 64-75
(d) 75 and above

Answer : B

Question. Which among the following thinker gave the theory on population growth?
(a) Thomas Robert Malthus
(b) David Riesman
(c) Marcel Mauss
(d) Gunnar Myrdal

Answer : A

Question. Which among the following is a criticism of malthusian theory of population?
(a) Human population tend to grow at faster rate than the rate of means of subsistance.
(b) The rise of population in geometries progression and agriculture growth in arithmetic progression.
(c) Positive check to population growth on the forms of famines and diseases.
(d) Problems like poverty and starvation is not by population growth but by unequal distribution of resources.

Answer : D

Question. What refers to the proportion of people in different age groups relative to the total population?
(a) Age structure of population
(b) Life expectancy
(c) Fertility rate
(d) Total fertility rate

Answer : A

Question. The first National Family Planning Policy was announced in
(a) 1949
(b) 1952
(c) 1975
(d) 1999

Answer : B

Question. Which of the following study the trends and processes associated with population?
(a) Demography
(b) Social change
(c) Sex Ratio
(d) Population growth

Answer : A

Question. Which state of India has the highest sex ratio?
(a) Kerala
(b) Arunchal Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer : B

Question. According to Census of 2011 what is the total rural and urban population?
(a) 68.8% and 31.2%
(b) 67 and 33%
(c) 66.4% and 33.6%
(d) 71% and 29%

Answer : A

Question. Who among the following said that, ‘Sociology’ can help you to map the links and connections between ‘personal troubles’ and ‘social issues’?
(a) Max Weber
(b) Emile Durkheim
(c) Bruno Latour
(d) C. Wright Mill

Answer : D

Question. What are the salient demographic feature of India’s population?
(a) Growth rate of population
(b) Uneven distribution population
(c) Age composition
(d) All of the above

Answer : D

Question. Whenever there is a bulge in the age group pyramid amongst the non dependent age group, the ........ is beneficial.
(a) economic stability
(b) demographic dividend
(c) population planning
(d) census

Answer : B

Question. Which term refers to the ability of an individual to examine his or her own feelings, reactions and motives or reasons for acting in a Particular situation?
(a) Communalism
(b) Colonialism
(c) Nationalism
(d) Reflexivity

Answer : D

Question. Which among the following is not the use of demographic data?
(a) Economic development
(b) Planning of policies
(c) Implementation of policies
(d) Private welfare

Answer : D

Question. The second stage of demographic transition is called
(a) Population explosion
(b) Life expectancy
(c) Transitional stage
(d) Replacement level

Answer : C

Question. The growth rate is the difference between
(a) immigration and emigration rates
(b) births and deaths
(c) fertility and fecundity
(d) None of the above

Answer : D

Question. Which year is called the ‘Demographic divide’ in India?
(a) 1881
(b) 1901
(c) 1921
(d) 1951

Answer : C

Question. Which states in India are near the ‘replacement levels’ of population growth?
(a) Haryana
(b) Kerala
(c) Chandigarh
(d) Punjab

Answer : B

Question. The theory of population growth was written in
(a) The Sociological Analysis of Population
(b) Essay on Population
(c) Sociology and Population
(d) Indian Civil Service

Answer : B

Question. India has roughly what percentage of the world’s population?
(a) 17%
(b) 2.8%
(c) 21%
(d) 24%

Answer : A

Question. In the theory of demographic transition, there are three basic phases of population growth. The first stage is that of ..................... in a society that is underdeveloped and technologically backward. Growth rates are low because both the death rate and the birth rate are very high, so that the difference between the two is low.
(a) high population growth
(b) low population growth
(c) medium population growth
(d) population loss

Answer : B

Question. Match the following in correct sequence and identify the correct option.
A. Birth Rate                                      1. Difference between the birth rate and the death rate.
B. Death Rate                                    2. The total number of live births per 1000 population.
C. Rate of Natural Increase               3. Rate that keeps a count of the number of women who lie in
                                                               childbirth per 1000 live births.
D. Maternal Mortality Rate                 4. Number of deaths in a given area during a given time per
                                                               1000 population.
Codes
      A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 1 3 4 2
(c) 1 2 4 3
(d) 3 1 2 4

Answer : A

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