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1. The ______ is defined as the sum of age-specific fertility rates calculated from female births for each year of reproductive period.

A

net reproduction rate

B

general fertility rate

C

gross reproduction rate

D

specific fertility rate

2. ______ is a modified form of total fertility rate.

A

Net Reproduction Rate

B

Crude Birth Rate

C

General Fertility Rate

D

Gross Reproduction Rate

3. The out-migrants are also known as ______.

A

emigrants

B

de facto

C

de jure

D

immigrants

4. If with a rise of 10 percent in prices the wages are increased by 20 percent, then the real wage increase is ______.

A

more than 20 percen

B

less than 10 percent

C

by 10 percent

D

by 20 percent

5. When data are observed over a period of time, then this type of classification is known as ______ classification.

A

time-series

B

qualitative

C

cross-sectional

D

chronological

6. The mean of 200 items was 50. Later on, it was discovered that two items were misread as 92 and 8 instead of 192 and 88. Calculate correct mean.

A

50.8

B

50.9

C

50.7

D

50.6

7. The arithmetic mean of two numbers is 10 and geometric mean is 8. Find the numbers.

A

12 and 6

B

8 and 10

C

4 and 16

D

10 and 12

8. Gopal wants to visit five cities P, Q, R, S and T on a trip. What is the probability that he visits P just before T?

A

4/5

B

1/5

C

3/5

D

2/5

9. The class-frequencies of higher order are called ______.

A

hard class frequency

B

superior class frequency

C

ultimate class frequency

D

level class frequency

10. The formula for crude migration rate is equal to ______.

A

(number of immigrants during the same period/average population during the period)

B

(net migration rate/gross migration rate)

C

(average population during the period/number of immigrants during the same period)

D

(gross migration rate/net migration rate)

11. There are fifteen numbers: 6, 7, 10, 8, 7, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 6, 10, 7, 11 and 2. Calculate their median.

A

7

B

10

C

11

D

6

12. For India, Statistical year book of united nation is a/an ______ source of secondary data

A

other

B

primary

C

external

D

internal

13. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that it is either a spade or a king?

A

1/52

B

4/13

C

1/13

D

17/52

14. Which of the following helps in assessing the suitability of questions, clarity of instructions, performance of enumerators and the cost and time involved in the actual survey?

A

Technical survey

B

Pilot survey

C

Post survey

D

Unit survey

15. What is the value of P(2) corresponding to the polynomial P(x) passing through the points (0, 2) and (1, 5)?

A

9

B

4

C

5

D

8

16. What is the polynomial passing through the points (0, 3), (1, 4) and (2, 5)?

A

x + 3

B

2x2 + x + 3

C

2.5x2 + 2x + 4

D

5x + 4

17. The ______ should be clearly defined and placed at the middle of the column.

A

headnote

B

footnote

C

caption

D

stub

18. The ______ is defined as the chance of dying of a newly born infant within a year of its life, under the given mortality conditions.

A

standardised death rate

B

specific death rate

C

crude death rate

D

infant mortality rate

19. If the order of recording is not chronological, then data set is ______.

A

Time series

B

Uni-variate

C

Cross sectional

D

Bi-variate

20. Which method results in biasness because of researcher perception?

A

Simple random sampling

B

Stratified sampling

C

Snow ball sampling

D

Judgemental sampling