Chapter 2
Demographic Structure of Indian Society
1. Very short Q&A:
(a) Fill in the blanks:
Question 1: What is the English synonym of the word demographic or population science ?
Question 2: There are four cities in India at present.
Question 3: Criteria for comprehensive development of the country.
Question 4: The Pasis are class people.
Question 5: The population of India was crore according to the 2011 census .
2. Judging right and wrong:
Question 1: The death toll in India decreased after 1921 due to improvements in the prevention of diseases like famine and epidemics.
Question 2: According to Malthus, population growth is faster than the means of subsistence.
Question 3: According to Malthus, population growth is not the main cause of famine.
Question 4: India has been following a population policy since
Question 5: Child sex ratio refers to the sex ratio of children aged 0-6 years.
Question 6: India is a rural country.
Question 7: There is no difference between villages and cities in terms of women's social status.
Question 8: One of the conclusions of demographics is the contagion conclusion.
Question 9: Kerala and Tamil Nadu in India are in the established stage of population growth.
Question 10: Population growth is observed in the states that have made progress in education.
3. Choose the correct answer from the following options:
Question 1: The author of the book 'Essay on Population' is-
(a) Thomas Robert Malthus
(b) Franklin Roosevelt
(c) Email Durkheim
(d) M.Sc. N.S. Srinivasa.
Question 2: A regular ten-year census has been conducted in India.
(a) From 1901 onwards
(b) Since 1951
(c) From 1891 onwards
(d) From 1881 onwards.
Question 3: The number of live births in a region against any of the following populations is known as the birth rate of that region.
(a) 100 population
(b) 500 population
(c) 1000 population
(d) of a population of 10,000
Question 4: What is the difference between the birth rate and the death rate when it is zero or very small?
(a) The population is stable
(b) Establishment level of population growth
(c) Population retention rate
(d) Population dividends
Question 5: What is the dominant family in rural society?
(a) Single family
(b) Joint family
(c) None of the above.
Question 6: Girls are more immune to any disease during infancy than boys.
(a) More
(b) Less
(c) Very little
Question 7: There was a devastating fever epidemic in India.
(a) In 1917
(b) In 1918-19
(c) In 1915-16
(d) In 1916-17.
Question 8: According to the 2011 census, the current population of India is as follows
(a) 1.200 crore
(b) 1,205 crore
(c) 1.210 crore
(d) 1.209 crore
Question 9: India covers the land area of the Earth-
(a) 2.1 percent
(b) 2.3 per cent
(c) 2.4 per cent
(d) 2.5 per cent.
Question 10: According to the 2001 census, the number of people living in rural India is-
(a) 72.1 percent
(b) 72.2 per cent
(c) 72.3 percent
(d) 72.4 per cent.
4. The Short Q&A :
Q1: What is the birth rate?
Q.2 What is the mortality rate?
Q3: What is a snowgram?
Question 4: What is meant by stable population?
Q.5 What is meant by sex ratio?
Q6: What is an urban society?
Q7: What do you mean by fertility rate?
Question 8: Define population science.
Q.9 What is meant by infant mortality rate?
Q.10 What is maternal mortality rate?
Question 11: What is meant by desirable life span?
Q.12 How is the desirable life expectancy calculated?
Q13: What do you mean by not being able to assert your rights?
When and on what basis did India officially adopt the National Family Planning Scheme?
Q.15 What is the main reason for the decline in the number of deaths in India since 1921?
5. Long Q&A:
Question 1: Name the various authorities that provide birth and death information.
Q.2 What are the requirements of demographic data for a country?
Q3: What is meant by class consciousness?
Q4: What is Spanish fever?
Question 5: State the contents of demographic science.
Question 6: Where are the main concepts of rate and ratio used in demographics?
Q.7 What are the divisions of population science?
Question 8: Why are there more women than men in most countries of the world?
Q.9 Why does the birth rate decline slowly and the mortality rate accelerate?
Q.10 What is the interdependence ratio?
Q.11 What is meant by the replacement stage of population growth?
Q.12 How is the dependence ratio determined?
Q.13 What are the types of demographics and what are they?
Q14: Why do people move from rural to urban areas?
Q.15 What is formal demographics?
Q.16 What is population studies or sociodemographics?
Q.17 What were the factors that reduced the average life expectancy of people?
Question 18: State the two main reasons for population growth in urban areas.
Question 19: State the two main objectives of the Population Policy of India (1952).
6. Essay Questions and Answers :
Q.1 Explain the various causes of gender inequality in our country?
Question 2: Briefly describe the rural and urban population of India.
Question 3: Describe Malthus' formula for population growth.
Question 4: Briefly discuss the religious population of India.
Question 5: Describe the demographic structure of India.
Question 6: State the population of educated people in India.
Question 7: Describe the National Population Policy of India.
Question 7: Write a brief:
(a) Species population:
(b) Population age structure:
(c) Sex ratio of children:
(d) The place of women in urban society:
(e) History of Census in India:
(f) Population science in strengthening sociology:
(g) Demographic transition decisions:
(h) Difference between formal demographics and social demographics:
