MCQ's OF VITAL STATISTICS
Q.1 Vital statistics is mainly concerned with :
(a) births
(b) deaths
(c) marriages
(d) all the above
Q.2 Population statistics mainly display the records the pertaining to:
(a) foetal deaths
(b) population of regions
(c) morbidity
(d) all the above
Q.3 Complete count of the heads of people of a country is known as:
(a) census
(b) vital statistics
(c) demography
(d) none of the above
Q. 4 Vital statistics throws light on:
(a) changing pattern of the population during intercensal period
(b) virility of races
(c) growth of population
(d) all the above
Q.5 The registration of births, deaths and marriages are:
(a) a fancy of society
(b) a part of medical research
(c) a legal document
(d) all the above
Q.6 Vital statistics is greatly utilised by:
(a) acturies
(b) planners
(c) social reformers
(d) all the above
Q.7 In India, the collection of vital statistics started for the first times in:
(a) 720
(b) 1886
(c) 1969
(d) 1946
Q. 8 The registration of vital statistics in India suffers from:
(a) incomplete reporting
(b) incomplete coverage
(c) lack of accuracy
(d) all the the above
Q.9 To improve upon the registration of vital statistics in India, the central government
appointed a committee in 1948 known as:
(a) Bhor Committee
(b) Rath Committee
(c) Arthur Committee
(d) none of the above
Q.10 Registration of vital statistics is organised at the apex by:
(a) Director General
(b) Registrar General
(c) Census Commissioner
(d) all the above
Q. 11 At state level, the registration of vital statistics is carried.by:
(a) Director of Economics & Statistics
(b) Chief Returning Officer
(c) Chief Registrar
(d) none of the above
Q.12 In post-Independence India, the registration of Births and Deaths Act was passed in:
(a) 1948
(b) 1959
(c) 1969
(d) 1979
Q.13 Vital statistics is obtained through:
(a) census operation
(b) registration system
(c) survey method
(d) all the above
Q.14 Sampling registration system of births and deaths came into operation in rural areas in the year:
(a) 1967
(b) 1968
(c) 1969
(d) none of the above
Q. 15 Sampling registration system for recording births and deaths in urban areas started in the year:
(a) 1967
(b) 1968
(c) 1969
(d) none of the above
Q.16 The advantage of sampling registration system is that:
(a) it has full coverage
(b) it is more accurate
(c)it provides the estimate for rural and urban areas separately
(d) all the above
Q. 17 The sampling registration system fails to record:
(a) age and sex composition
(b) birth rates
(c) death rates
(d) all the above
Q. 18 The most important assumption, on which the analytical methods are based, is that:
(a) the population is stagnant
(b) the population grows at a constant rate
(c) there is no time lag
(d) none of the above
Q. 19 Having known the population of the two consecutive censuses, the formula for population estimate ẑ in the intercensal year t with usual rotations is:
N
(a) ẑt = Z0 + -------- (Z1 - Z0)
n
n
(b) ẑt = Z1 + ------- (Z1 - Z0)
N
n
(c) ẑt = Z0 + -------- (Z1 - Z0)
N
N
(d) ẑt = Z0 + -------- (Z0 - Z1)
n
Q.21 If we have the last census population, migration, births and deaths data for a region time in a given period, the population at the time t can be estimated by the formula (using usual notations) as:
(a) ẑt = Z0 +(B-D) + (l-E)
(b) ẑt = (B-D) +(1-E)
(c) ẑt = Z0 { (B- D)+(1- E)}
(d) none of the above
Q. 24 Vital rates are customarily expressed as:
(a) percentages
(b) per thousand
(c) per million
(d) per trillion
Q.25 Crude death rate, expressed simply as a ratio, provides:
(a) the probability of babies borned and died during the year under reference
(b) the probability of a foetal death during the year under reference
(c) the probability of dying of a person during the year under reference
(d) all the above
Q. 26 The child bearing age in india is:
(a) 20-24 years
(b) 20-29 years
(c) 15-49 years
(d) 13-48 years
Q.27 The fertility of a woman in India is maximum in the age group:
(a) 15-20
(b) 20-24
(c) 25-29
(d) 15-29
Q.28 The death rate obtained for a segment of a population is known as
(a) specific death rate
(6) crude death rate
(c) standardised rate
(d) vital index
Q.29 The age-specific death rate for the babies of age less than one year is specifically called:
(a) neonatal death rate
(b) infant mortality rate
c) maternal mortality rate
(d) foetal death rate
Q. 30 The death rate of babies under one month is known as
(a) neonatal mortality rate
(b) infant mortality rate
(c) maternal mortality rate
(d) foetal death rate
Q. 31 The death rate of women due to delivery of children is termed as:
(a) neonatal mortality rate
(b) infant mortality rate UL
(c) maternal mortality rate
(d) foetal death rate
Q. 32 Age-specific mortality rates fail to reveal:
(a) mortality conditions
(b) age distribution of persons
(c) sex ratio
(d) all the above
Q. 33 Standardised death rates are particularly useful for:
(a) comparing the death rates in males and females
(b) comparing the death rates of two regions
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) and (b)
Q. 34 Fertility rates mainly depend on:
(a) total female population
(b) total population
(c) female population of child bearing age
(d) number of newly borned babies
Q.35 Adequate basis for farnily planning is provided by:
(a) general fertility rate
(6) age specific marital fertility rate
(c) total marital fertility rate
(d) total fertility rate
Q.36 Total fertility rates provides the basis for:
(a) the expected maximum family size
(b) population projection
(C) population increase in a desired period
(d) all the above
Q. 37 Population growth is mainly concerned with:
(a) total number of births
(b) number of male births
(c) number of female births
(d) none of the above
Q. 38 Fertility rates provide an adequate basis for:
(a) population growth
(b) family planning
(c) checking the infant mortality
(d) all the above
Q. 39 Survival rate, in general, is measured through:
(a) the difference in crude birth and death rates
(b) the ratio of the difference in total births and total deaths to the mean population
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) nor (b)
Q.40 The ratio of births to the total size deaths in a year is called:
(a) survival rate
(b) total fertility index
(c) vital index
(d) population death rate
Q. 41 Vital index for ascertaining population growth is:
(a) a good measure
(b) a rough measure
(c) useless
(d) none of the above
Q. 42 The vital index for population growth was propounded by:
(a) B. Benjamin
(b) G. Barcley
(c) A. Newsholmes
(d) Rayond Pearl
Q. 43 Gross reproduction rate is gross in the sense that:
(a) its basis is hypothetical
(b) it is based on clumsy grounds
(c) it is based on unrealistic assumptions
(d) all the above
Q. 44 The main drawback of gross reproduction rate is:
(a) assumption of no mortality of female children till their fecundity age
(b) non-consideration of divorces
(c) the neglect of the number of unmarried Women
(d) all the above
Q. 45 Net reproduction rate is more viable than gross reproduction rate because:
(a) it takes into account fertility rates as well as mortality rates
(b) it makes use of life-tables
(c) it utilises survival rate
(d) all the above
Q. 46 The relation between N.R.R. and G.R.R. is:
(a) NR.R. and G.R.R. are usually equal
(b) N.R.R. can never exceed G.R.R.
(c) N.R.R. is generally greater than G.R.R.
(d) none of the above
Q.47 N.R.R. = 1 leads one to conclude that:
(a) female population will exactly replace itself
(b) population remain constant
(c) there is no mortality in female births till their child bearing age
(d) all the above
Q.48 The value of N.R.R. < 1 is indicative of.
(a) increase in population
(6) reduction in population
(c) constancy in population
(d) all the above
Q. 49 A value of N.R.R. > I will result into:
(a) increase in population
(b) negative increase in population
(C) zero increase in population
(d) none of the above
Q.50 A deep consideration of N.R.R. brings forth that:
(a) its basis of using constant fertility and mortality rates is not very appropriate
(b) migrants are not the subjects of N.R.R. which is not correct
(c) A.S.FR. are taken as constant for N.R.R. which is not true in real life
(d) all the above
Q.51 The ratio of the number of children of age less than five years to she total number of women of 15-49 year age is called:
(a) net reproduction rate
(6) vital index
(C) gross reproduction rate
(d) replacement index
Q. 52 The ratio of annual net migration to the annual mean population provides:
(a) vital index
(b) net migration rate
(c) population growth rate
(d) none of the above
Q. 53 Life-table has also been named as:
(a) mortality table
(b) survival table
(c) life expectancy table
(d) all the above
Q.54 A life-table is a profile of human population which exhibits:
(a) probability of dying at each age
(b) numbers living and dying
(c) expectation of life at each age
(d) all the above
Q.55 A life-table is a compendium which:
(a) foretells about each individual
(b) forecasts the year of death of each individual
(c) provides the age of each individual of the population
(d) none of the above
Q. 56 Construction of life-tables is based on the assumption that:
(a) age specific death rates are constant at all ages
(b) death rates are uniformly distributed between two birth days
(c) mortality rates are same for male female populations
(d) all the above
Q. 57 Life-tables are usually constructed:
(a) jointly for male and female populations
(b) separately for male and female populations
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) and (b)
Q.58 The standard number of births 10,000 originating a life-table is known as:
(a) a cohort
(b) initial population
(c) radix
(d) all the above
Q. 59 A life-table is most utilised by:
(a) life insurance companies
(b) generał insurance companies
(c) employment exchanges
(d) all the above
Q. 60 Life-table is a mean of:
(a) monitoring the family planning programmes
(b) checking the census figures
(c) giving population projections
(d) all the above
Q. 61 Normally a life-table is constructed for an age interval of:
(a) five years
(b) five to 10 years
(c) one year
(d) none of the above
Q.62 Which leader amongst the following attained the maximum age of a life-table?
(a) Mao Tse-tung of China
(b) Karl Marx of Germany
(C) Moraji Desai of india
(d) Macmillan of U.K
Q. 63 A life-table consists of:
(a) seven columns
(b) eight columns
(c) nine columns
(d) none of the above
Q. 64 Unemployment rates are similar to:
(a) death rates
(b) survival rates
(c) migration rates
(d) none of the above
Q. 65 A population have constant size and com-
position is called a:
(a) stable population
(b) stationary population
(c) continuous population
(d) discrete population
Q.66 A population maintaining a constant growth rate is said to be a:
(a) stable population
(b) stationary population
(c) mobile population
(d) none of the above
Q.67 The probability of dying of a person of age between x and (x + 1) years is known as:
(a) age-specific death rate
(b) infant mortality rate
(c) central mortality rate
(d) none of the above
Q. 68 A life-table constructed for an age interval of 5 to 10 years is specifically known as:
(a) grouped life-table
(b) interval life-table
(c) abridged life- table
(d) none of the above
Q. 69 An abridged life-table can be constructed by the method suggested by:
(a) Reed Merrel
(b) Greville
(c) G. King
(d) all the above
Q.70 Reed Merrel method of construction of abridged lite-tables utilises
(a) age specific mortality rates
(b) central mortality rates
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) nor (b)
Q.71 Greville's method for estimating death rate in the age interval of x to (x + n) years utilises:
(a) Compertz law
(b) exponential law
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) nor (b)
Q.72 G. King's abridged life tables are based on the calculation of:
(a) central mortality rate
(b) the number of persons and deaths for the central age in the interval (x, x +n}
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) and (b)
Q.73 A life-table based on the experience of actual cohort is called:
(a) generation life-table
(b) fluent life-table
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) and (b)
Answers:
(1) d (2) b (3) a (4) d (5) c (6) d
(7) b (8) d (9) a (10) b (11) c (12) c
(13) d (14) a (15) b (16) d (17) a (18) b
(19) c (20) c ( 21) a (22) a (23) b (24) b
(25) c (26) c (27) c (28) a (29) b (30) a
(31) c (32) d (33) b (34) c (35) b (36) d
(37) c (38) b (39) a (40) c (41) b (42) d
(43) d (44) a (45) d (46) b (47) d (48) b
(49) a (50) d (51) d (52) b (53) a (54) d
(55) d (56) b (57) b (58) c (59) a (60) d
(61) c (62) c (63) b (64) a (65) b (66) a
(67) c (68) c (69) d (70) b (71) a (72) c
(73) c
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