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upsc-p1-economy-demographics-hdi MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1With reference to demographic dividend and ageing in India, consider the following statements: 1. A larger working-age share guarantees faster economic growth. 2. Female labour-force participation affects whether demographic change translates into income growth. 3. Different States can face ageing pressures and youth-employment pressures at the same time. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 2 and 3 are correct. A favourable age structure creates only a possibility: health, education, skills, productive jobs, mobility and women's labour-force participation determine whether it becomes growth. India's States are at different demographic stages, so youth-related and ageing-related demands can coexist.
Q2Arrange the following developments in chronological order, from earliest to latest: (a) The 84th Constitutional Amendment extended the freeze on seat readjustment until the first census after 2026 (b) The 42nd Constitutional Amendment froze seat readjustment using the 1971 population basis (c) The 87th Constitutional Amendment enabled constituency readjustment using Census 2001 without changing State-wise seat totals (d) The 106th Constitutional Amendment linked women's reservation to delimitation after the relevant census Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The sequence is the 42nd Amendment of 1976, the 84th Amendment of 2001, the 87th Amendment of 2003 and the 106th Amendment of 2023. Their effects respectively concern the original freeze, its extension, constituency readjustment using Census 2001, and the post-census delimitation link for women's reservation. Hence option A is correct.
Q3Arrange the following legal developments in chronological order, from earliest to latest: (a) Census Rules (b) Census Act (c) Collection of Statistics Act (d) Registration of Births and Deaths Act Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The Census Act dates to 1948, the Registration of Births and Deaths Act to 1969, the Census Rules to 1990, and the Collection of Statistics Act to 2008. Therefore the earliest-to-latest order is b-d-a-c, given in option D.
Q4With reference to human development measures, consider the following statements: 1. The Human Development Index uses life expectancy at birth for its health dimension. 2. Its education dimension uses expected years of schooling and mean years of schooling. 3. Its standard-of-living dimension uses nominal GDP per capita. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. The standard-of-living dimension uses GNI per capita in purchasing-power terms, not nominal GDP per capita. Thus the index combines health, schooling and purchasing-power-adjusted income measures.
Q5Match List I with List II: List I (Data source) (a) Census (b) Sample survey (c) Civil Registration System (d) Administrative database List II (Characteristic) 1. Continuous legal recording of births and deaths 2. Universal and periodic enumeration 3. Representative sample with greater frequency and topic depth 4. People recorded for delivery of a service Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Census is universal and periodic; a sample survey uses a representative sample and can be conducted more frequently; civil registration continuously records births and deaths under law; and an administrative database records people for delivering a service. Therefore the mapping in option C is correct.
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6Match List I with List II: List I (Measure) (a) Human Development Index (b) Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (c) Multidimensional Poverty Index (d) Total Fertility Rate List II (Meaning) 1. Average number of children per woman under prevailing age-specific fertility rates 2. Overlapping deprivations in health, education and living standards 3. Composite of health, education and income 4. Human development discounted for inequality within its dimensions Select the correct answer using the code given below.
7With reference to India's demographic data sources, consider the following statements: 1. The Civil Registration System records births and deaths continuously. 2. The Sample Registration System is a universal enumeration of every household. 3. Administrative databases may contain exclusion, duplication and incentive-related reporting errors. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
8With reference to the census process in India, consider the following statements: 1. Houselisting and Housing Census precedes Population Enumeration in the standard two-phase design. 2. Houselisting records housing conditions, household amenities and assets. 3. Individual census records are protected under the Census Act, 1948. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
9Consider the following statements: 1. Census in India is a Union subject under Entry 69 of List I. 2. The National Population Register is prepared under citizenship law rather than under the Census Act, 1948 as its legal base. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.