Question:

Which state has the highest Infant Mortality rate in India?

A.

kerala

B.

goa

C.

madhya pradesh

D.

uttar pradesh

Answer» c. madhya pradesh

Question:

The sum of deviations taken from arithmetic Mean is

A.

maximum

B.

minimum

C.

zero

D.

one

Answer» c. zero

Question:

The registration of vital statistics in India suffers from :

A.

incomplete reporting

B.

incomplete coverage

C.

lack of accuracy

D.

all the above

Answer» d. all the above

Question:

Fishers ideal index is obtained as :

A.

the sum of laspeyre’s & paasche’s indices

B.

the geometric mean of laspeyer’s & paasche’s indices

C.

the arithemetic mean of laspeyer’s & paasche’s indices

D.

the harmonic mean of laspeyre’s & paasche’s indices

Answer» b. the geometric mean of laspeyer’s & paasche’s indices

Question:

Standardised death rates are particularly useful for :

A.

comparing the death rates in males and females

B.

comparing the death rates of two regions

C.

both (a) and (b)

D.

neither (a) or (b)

Answer» b. comparing the death rates of two regions

Question:

The method which is not used for estimating seasonal components of a timeseries

A.

ratio to trend method

B.

link relative method

C.

method of simple average

D.

method of least squares

Answer» d. method of least squares

Question:

If the Paasches’ index is 196 and Fishers index is 210, What is the value of theLaspeyres’ index?

A.

220

B.

215

C.

225

D.

230

Answer» c. 225

Question:

Vital statistics is mainly concerned with

A.

births

B.

deaths

C.

marriages

D.

all the above

Answer» d. all the above

Question:

Which of the following is not a measure of mortality?

A.

crude death rate

B.

specific death rate

C.

infant mortality rate

D.

crude birth rate

Answer» d. crude birth rate

Question:

Simple fixed quantity relative

A.

× 100

B.

× 100

C.

× 100

D.

× 100

Answer» c. × 100