Q1. One of the branches of Demography is
(a) Economic Statistics
(b) Vital Statistics
(c) Official Statistics
(d) Agricultural Statistics
Answer: (b)
Q2. When there is no proper system of recording births and deaths, Vital Statistics are collected through
(a) Registration Method
(b) Census Method
(c) Survey Method
(d) Analytical Method
Answer: (c)
Q3. Compulsory registration of births and deaths was implemented in India, during the year
(a) 1947
(b) 1951
(c) 1969
(d) 1970
Answer: (d)
Q4. Rates of vital events are usually measured as
(a) per ten lakh
(b) per ten thousand
(c) per thousand
(d) per hundred
Answer: (c)
Q5. Death of a child before the child’s fifth birth day is measured by
(a) crude death rate
(b) specific death rate
(c) infant mortality rate
(d) child mortality rate
Answer: (d)
Q6. Death rates due to different kinds of diseases can be calculated using
(a) crude death rate
(b) infant mortality rate
(c) specific death rate
(d) vital index
Answer: (c)
Q7. History of a cohort can be understood from
(a) mortality rates
(b) life table
(c) fertility rates
(d) population growth
Answer: (b)
Q8. Total number of women at child bearing age group is used to calculate
(a) crude birth rate
(b) general fertility rate
(c) age specific fertility rate
(d) population growth
Answer: (b)
Q9. Population growth can be measured using
(a) crude birth rate, specific death rate
(b) general fertility rate, infant mortality rate
(c) specific fertility rate, specific death rate
(d) crude birth rate, crude death rate
Answer: (d)
Q10. Vital Index measures
(a) birth-death ratio
(b) rate of vital event
(c) infant mortality rate
(d) general fertility rate
Answer: (a)
Q11. The first census Report of India was published in
(a) 1858
(b) 1848
(c) 1948
(d) 1958
Answer: (b)
Q12. Department of Statistics in India House was established in India by Col. Sykes during
(a) 1847
(b) 1947
(c) 1857
(d) 1887
Answer: (a)
Q13. The first Honorary Statistical Advisor to Government of India is
(a) P.C. Mahalanobias
(b) Col. Sykes
(c) C. Rangarajan
(d) Dr. Francis Buchanan
Answer: (a)
Q14. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation was formed on
(a) October 2, 1959
(b) October 15, 1999
(c) November 13, 1969
(d) November 15, 1999
Answer: (b)
Q15. Secretary to MoS&PI and Head of NSO is
(a) Chairman, Planning Commission
(b)Director, NSSTA
(c) Chief Statistician of India
(d) CEO, NITI Aayog
Answer: (c)
Q16. National Statistical Commission was formed on
(a) January 12, 2006
(b) April 12, 2006
(c) June 12, 2006
(d) July 12, 2006
Answer: (d)
Q17. Celebration of National Statistics Day is one of the responsibilities of —– Division of CSO.
(a) Coordination and Publications
(b) Training
(c) Social Statistics
(d) Economic Statistics
Answer: (a)
Q18. Collection of primary data for the surveys undertaken by NSSO is one of the responsibilities of —– Division.
(a) Survey Design and Research
(b) Field Operations
(c) Data Processing
(d) Coordination and Publications
Answer: (b)
Q19. NSSO publishes the bi-annual journal
(a) Sarvekshana
(b) Sankhya
(c) Pramana
(d) Yojana
Answer: (a)
Q20. “Hand Book of Indian Economy” is published periodically by
(a) State Bank of India
(b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) NSO
(d) Ministry of Economics
Answer: (b)
