Answer the Questions:
1. Define Demography. Explain the nature and scope of Demography.
2. Correlate the need for demography for growth in business and commerce.
3. Write a Short note on Components of demography.
Answer the MCQs:
1. The word demography has been derived from a combination of the Latin word 'Demos' and the Greek word 'graphy'.In this the word 'demo' means_________
a)Population
b)People
c)Area
d)Growth
2. Demography means:____
a)Size of population
b)Growth in population
c)Movement of the people from place to place
d)All of the Above
3.The demography study is necessary for:
a)Sales forecasting
b)Financial planning
c)Market research and structure
d)All the given
4. Total population of the World is:
A. About 7.7 million
B. About 7.7 billion
C. About 770 billion
D. None of the above
5. The three components of Demography are:
A. Health, Housing and Sanitation
B. Mortality, Fertility and Migration
C. Immigration, Emigration and Childbirth
D. Fertility, Birth rate and Mortality.
6.Census is conducted in every ____years in India?
A. 25
B. 15
C. 10
D. 20
7. Which of the following factors encourage people to live in an area?
A. Poor soils
B. Good job opportunities.
C. Very cold weather
8. Political parties need to understand Demography because
A. Economic planning must be conducted.
B. Provision of better living standards.
C. Only A
D. Both A & B
9. What is migration?
A. People moving into a country
B. People moving out of a country
C. People moving both into and out of a country
10. Who among the following is called as the ‘Father of Demographic Studies’?
A. Karl Marx
B. Neil Adger
C. Tim Cresswell
D. Aryabhatt
