Description : Growth rate of population means – (1) The difference of growth between male and female. (2) The difference in population between urban and rural area. (3) The number of births per thousand people. (4) The difference between birth and death rates.
Last Answer : (4) The difference between birth and death rates. Explanation: In demographics and ecology, the "population growth rate" is the rate at which the number of individuals in a population increases in a ... is the population growth rate. So Population Growth Rate = Crude Birth Rate - Crude Death Rate.
Description : Structural unemployment is mainly due to (a) Structural changes in the economy ; (b) Technological development (c) Growth in GDP ; (d) Population explosion.
Last Answer : (a) Structural changes in the economy ;
Description : 10. What do you understand by disguised unemployment? Explain with an example each from the urban and rural areas. -Economics 10th
Last Answer : The situation of underemployment, where people are apparently working but all of them are made to work less than their potential is called disguised unemployment. In this case, the person considers himself ... are unable to find work on a daily basis and work way less than their potential.
Description : Enumerate the various causes of rural unemployment in India. -SST 10th
Last Answer : (i) Lack of skill and education : The most important factor responsible for rural unemployment is lack of education and skill. (ii) Domination of primary sector : Most of the ... are dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. Chances of disguised unemployment are very high in agriculture.
Description : What are the types of Rural unemployment?
Last Answer : What are the types of Rural unemployment?
Description : Rural Unemployment and Urban Unemployment.
Last Answer : Distinguish Between: Rural Unemployment and Urban Unemployment.
Description : 1. Disguised Unemployment : Rural Unemployment : : Frictional Unemployment : ___________
Last Answer : Complete the correlation: 1. Disguised Unemployment : Rural Unemployment : : Frictional Unemployment ... wage employment : : TRYSEM : ___________
Description : Nehru Rojgar Yojana was introduced for reducing unemployment in (a) Rural area (b) Urban area © Cities (d) Towns
Last Answer : (b) Urban area
Description : Jawahar Rojgar Yojana was introduced for reducing unemployment in (a) Rural area (b) Urban area © Cities (d) Towns
Last Answer : (a) Rural area
Description : Disguised unemployment is mainly found in (a) Urban areas ; (b) Rural areas ; (c) Small scale sector ; (d) Highly qualified work force
Last Answer : (b) Rural areas ;
Description : Which of the following is not a cause of unemployment in India? (a) Growing population ; (b) Lack of employment opportunity ; (c)Inappropriate education system ; (d) Liberalization
Last Answer : (d) Liberalization
Description : The period in the business cycle in which there is extremely high unemployment, low wages, minimum total disposable income, and a lack of confidence in the economy by consumers is ? 1. recovery 2. prosperity 3. depression 4. recession 5. growth
Last Answer : depression
Description : The period in the business cycle in which there is extremely high unemployment, low wages, minimum total disposable income, and a lack of confidence in the economy by consumers is: A)recovery B)prosperity C)depression D)recession E)growth
Last Answer : C)depression
Description : Which of the following programs sponsored by central government aims at enabling the rural population to conserve water for drinking, -Geography
Last Answer : Correct answer is (b) Haryali
Description : HBJ pipe line is being laid for a distance of 1730 km in order to (a) provide cooking gas for villages (b) provide employment for rural population (c) provide feedstock for six large fertilisers (d) serve the power requirements of many states
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : What is the share of rural population in the total population of Pakistan? A. 30.7% B. 62% C. 40.2% D. None of these
Last Answer : ANSWER: A
Description : Which is the parameter for the economic development? (1) Per capita monetary income (2) National income (3) Per capita rural income (4) Population
Last Answer : (1) Per capita monetary income Explanation: A majority of economists such as Simon Kuznets, Meter and Baldwin, Hicks D. Samuelson, Pigeon and others consider national income as the most suitable ... economic growth is meaningless if it does not improve the standard of living of the common masses.
Description : According to India's Report of 2001 percentage of population living in rural areas is – (1) 70 (2) 72 (3) 74 (4) 80
Last Answer : (2) 72 Explanation: As per the 2001 Census of India, in a total population of 1027 million in India, about 742 million (or 72.2%) lived in rural areas and 285 million (or 27.8%) lived in ... during 1991-2001. According to 2011 census, population of rural India is 31.1% and urban India is 68.9%.
Description : Practice of forestry with the object of raising flowering trees and shrubs mainly to serve as recreation forests for the urban and rural population, is known as? [a] Recreation forestry [b] Extension forestry [c] Farm forestry [d] Mixed forestry [e] All of these
Last Answer : [a] Recreation forestry
Description : A rural water supply serves a population of 10, 000 at the rate of 50 litres per capita per day . For the chlorine dose of 2 PPM the required amount of bleaching powder with 20% available chlorine will be a. 0.5 kg b. 5 kg * c. 10 kg d. 15 kg
Last Answer : b. 5 kg
Description : What is known about the native population of New Zealand at present? (A) The natives are quite satisfied with their living conditions. (B) The natives live on good lands. (C) Both in the cities ... of the European New Zealanders. (D) The natives are never at peace with the other New Zealanders.
Last Answer : (C) Both in the cities and in the rural areas, the life of the natives is worse than that of the European New Zealanders.
Description : Which is the parameter for the economic development ? (1) Per capita monetary income (2) National income (3) Per capita rural income (4) Population
Last Answer : Per capita monetary income
Description : The second Green Revolution aims at increasing agricultural output to promote (1) Availability of easy credit to big farmers (2) Co-operative farming (3) Inclusive growth (4) Development of rural sector
Last Answer : (3) Inclusive growth Explanation: In the Indian context, the Second Green Revolution is a change in agricultural production widely thought necessary to feed and sustain the growing population on ... as partners of development instead of a mere beneficiary of some government schemes or programme.
Description : The most comprehensive approach to address the problems of man-environment interaction is one of the following : (A) Natural Resource Conservation Approach (B) Urban-industrial Growth Oriented Approach (C) Rural-agricultural Growth Oriented Approach (D) Watershed Development Approach
Last Answer : (D) Watershed Development Approach
Last Answer : Inclusive growth
Last Answer : There are 12 reasons for the increase in numbers for Bangladesh, namely: Land Nature, Climate, Rainfall, Land Fertility, Son, Desire, Food, Excess of starch in the food, Industrialization, More than the geographical area
Description : What variable settings cause the population growth rate to increase?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : Which circumstance can cause positive population growth?
Last Answer : The birthrate is higher than the Death Rate
Description : Countries that depend mainly on the export of primary products for their income, are prone to - (1) inflation (2) economic instability (3) increasing unemployment (4) stable economic growth
Last Answer : (3) increasing unemployment Explanation: Most of the world's poorest countries depend for increasing export earnings on agricultural products that are vulnerable to fluctuating or declining terms of ... primary products were hit particularly hard by falling commodity prices between 1980 and 1984.
Description : The aim of planning is- (i) Rising price level (ii) Unemployment (iii)Rapid economic growth (iv) Democratic election
Last Answer : (iii) Rapid economic growth
Description : Okun’s law shows the relationship between the following : (a) Unemployment and Growth (b) Employment and Growth (c) Tax rate and Tax revenue (d) Inflation and Employment
Last Answer : (a) Unemployment and Growth
Description : Manipulation in CRR enables the RBI to ……. (a) Influence the lending ability of the commercial banks ; (b) Check unemployment growth; (c) Check poverty ; (d) Increase GDP
Last Answer : (a) Influence the lending ability of the commercial banks ;
Description : Macroeconomics is the study of (a) Inflation ; (b) Unemployment ; (c) Growth ; (d) All of (a), (b) and (c) above.
Last Answer : ; (d) All of (a), (b) and (c) above.
Description : Countries that depend mainly on the export of primary products for their income, are prone to (1) inflation (2) economic instability (3) increasing unemployment (4) stable economic growth
Last Answer : increasing unemployment
Description : Which of the following is a cause of frictional unemployment? (a) Non-availability of work due to strike and lock-out. (b) Temporary unemployment due to change over in jo(b) ; (c) Both ; (d) None
Last Answer : (c) Both ;
Description : In general it la observed that the rate of population growth has been ______ in the densely populated areas compared to sparsely populated areas. (a) Low (b) High (c) Negligible (d) Almost the same
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : The present demographic transition of India is indicative of: [IAS 2004] (a) High population growth potential but low actual growth (b) High population growth potential and high actual growth (c) Partial industrialised economy (d) Typically increasing urbanization
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : The main factor for the accelerated growth of population in India is– (1) Low birth rate and low death rate (2) A high birth rate and a falling death rate (3) A rising birth rate and a rising death rate (4) A high birth rate and a high death rate
Last Answer : (2) A high birth rate and a falling death rate Explanation: Owing to improvement in health care and advance-ment of technology the death rate has been declined over the years.
Description : A high growth rate of population is characterised by – (1) high birth and high death rates (2) high birth and low death rates (3) low birth and low death rates (4) low birth and high death rates
Last Answer : (2) high birth and low death rates Explanation: Population growth is the change in a population over time, and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals of any species ... the population base considerably as while the base remains intact, the erosion due to deaths is hampered.
Description : Human population growth is greatest in developing countries because ? A. the birth rate is high in developing countries (Answer) B. the death rate is high in developing countries. C. much of ... reached the child bearing age. D. most of the world's population lives in industrialized countries.
Last Answer : A. the birth rate is high in developing countries (Answer)
Description : Certain characteristic demographic features of developing countries are (a) high fertility, low or rapidly falling mortality rate, rapid population growth and a very young age distribution (b) high ... (d) high mortality, high density, uneven population growth and a very old age distribution.
Last Answer : (a) high fertility, low or rapidly falling mortality rate, rapid population growth and a very young age distribution
Description : A country with a high rate of population growth took measures to reduce it. The figure below shows age-sex pyramids of populations A and B twenty years apart. Select the correct interpretation about them. ... the growth rate. (d) A is more recent and shows slight reduction in the growth rate.
Last Answer : (d) “A” is more recent and shows slight reduction in the growth rate.
Description : What are the developmental goals of landless rural labourers, prosperous farmers and, farmers who depend only on rains? -SST 10th
Last Answer : Developmental goals and aspirations for these farmers are different. 1.Landless Rural Labourers: They would like to have more days of work and better wages; local schools to provide quality education ... insurances on less premium and better facilities of life for them as well as their children.
Description : In Tamil Nadu, 75% of the people living in rural areas use a ration shop, whereas in Jharkhand only 8% of rural people do so. -SST 10th
Last Answer : Health and nutritional status of people depends on availability of cheap and reasonable quality food grains, sugar and other item from the PDS system. So, in Kerala, the people will be better off, since more people there unities the facilities provided by the PDS system.
Description : in tamil nadu 90 percent of the people living in rural areas use ration shops whereas in west bengla only 35 percent of the people use ration shops tell where the people are better off and why -SST 10th
Last Answer : Tamil Nadu Because of public facilities development in Tam Nadu is better. It is closely linked to public facilities in West Bengal, all the poor people cannot get good food because of the very ... the literacy rate decreases. Thus, West Bengal is regarded as less developed than that of Tamilnadu.
Description : The idea that Basic Education is education through crafts Options: A) True as far as the rural areas are concerned B) The whole truth of the schemes C) The complete truth even for urban areas D) True to some extent only because the concept is deeper
Last Answer : D) True to some extent only because the concept is deeper
Description : Inside rural homes, the source/sources of Nitrogen Oxide Pollution may be: (a) Unvented gas stoves (b) Wood stoves (c) Kerosene heaters Choose the correct code: (A) (a) and (b) only (B) (b) and (c) only (C) (b) only (D) (a), (b) and (c)
Last Answer : Answer: D
Description : Edited: If people did their jobs too well, would there be very high rate of unemployment?
Last Answer : That’s a false presumption. Increased productivity helps the economy grow, which increases the demand for additional workers.
Description : If unemployment is so high, Why are work visas still being issued?
Last Answer : Because the type of jobs being filled by people who are granted work visas are still, even given the current economy, the kind of jobs that American’s don’t like to do for themselves.