Question : A high sex ratio in a population indicates:
Option 1: More females than males
Option 2: More males than females
Option 3: Equal number of males and females
Option 4: A young population
Correct Answer: More males than females
Solution : A high sex ratio indicates more males than females in the population. The sex ratio is often expressed as the number of males per 100 females.
Question : What does an aging population typically indicate about a country's age-sex ratio?
Option 1: More males than females
Option 2: More females than males
Option 3: More young people than old people
Option 4: More old people than young people
Question : In a country with a declining population, what trend might you expect to see in its age-sex ratio?
Option 1: More males than females in older age groups
Option 2: More females than males in younger age groups
Option 3: A balanced ratio across all age groups
Option 4: More females than males in older age groups
Question : The sex ratio in India is defined as the number of females per_____.
Option 1: 100 males in the population
Option 2: 1000 males in the population
Option 3: 500 males in the population
Option 4: 100 children in the population
Question : What is the child sex ratio in India in the 2011 Census?
Option 1: 914 females per 1000 males
Option 2: 911 females per 1000 males
Option 3: 941 females per 1000 males
Option 4: 814 females per 1000 males
Question : As per the Census 2011, what is the sex ratio in India?
Option 1: 843 females per thousand males.
Option 2: 943 females per thousand males.
Option 3: 743 females per thousand males.
Option 4: 643 females per thousand males.
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