Read the following paragraph carefully and answer the following questions in the light of its contents
Successful family planning produces smaller families. Successful economic development often results in high social mobility and dispersed families. The advent of smaller nuclear families in place of larger extended family threatens the traditional Asian system of security for the aged. Thus, an alternative mechanism is needed to provide social, economic and psychological security for Asia's aging population. The legislative and administrative measures required to address the needs of increasing numbers of elderly include;

.Coordinating efforts to deal with aging with those aimed at moderating population growth;

.Strengthening the scientific understanding of aging as it pertains to the actual conditions of each individual country and adopting a long-term approach based on the overall enhancement of social and economic development;

.Extending the age of mandatory retirement and creating employment opportunities for those who wish to work after retirement, accompanied by specialized retraining programmes;

.Reviewing national health insurance plans and pension schemes with a view to identifying cost-effective ways of improving coverage and benefits for the elderly, including elderly women who comprise the majority of the elderly;

.Developing appropriate measures based especially on community resources to sustain and promote family ties to provide not only financial but also psychological support for the aged.


1. What are the compulsions for providing security to the aged

2. State the legislative measures required to address the issues of security for the Aged.

3. What Administrative Reforms are recommended for improving the security-system for the aged.

4. How can the aged population be used as an important Human Resource

5. What is the message the author wants to convey through this passage

6. What do you mean by Demographic Composition of any population

7. Define Sustainable Development

8. What are the causative factors of air pollution in urban areas

9. Discuss Aging in India and its future trends.

10. State three main objectives of the National Policy for Empowerment of women in India.

11. What do you understand by HIV/AIDS

12. What is Global Warming

13. Describe Demographic goals laid down in the National Population policy of India 2000.

14. Differentiate the nature of Age pyramids in the developed and developing countries.

15. Distinguish between status of women and women empowerment

16. Briefly describe the stages in 'Demographic Transition Theory'

17. Describe the Sample Registration System.

18. What is the definition adopted for in the census of India 2001.

19. Define Net Reproduction Rate and give its formula.

20. Give formula for the calculation of exponential rate of growth and discuss its merits.

21. What are the available sources of morbidity data Distinguish between incidence and prevalence rate

22. What are the types of nuptiality data available from census, SRS and sample surveys Give their limitation. ¡

23. Discuss intermediate variables of Davis and Blake.

24. Describe various mortality indicators and name the sources from where data for these indicators are obtained

25. Discuss the changes in the age-sex compotion of the population of India as revealed by the recent censuses.

21. How do people perceive 'Natural Hazards' and adapt to such ecological disturbances

22. What is the impact of Human Agency on Forest Ecosystem.

23. Describe methods of measuring centrality and hierarchy in human settlements.

24. Describe theories of migration and discuss one amongst them in details.

25. Explain the principle of 'Population Threshold' in settlement studies.

21. Describe the recent trends in urbanisation in India and its consequences

22. How does water pollution effects human life

23. Highlight the salient features of the Bucharest conference

24. Discuss the linkages between biodiversity and population growth.

25. Discuss the consequences of declining fertility on socio-economic development in India.

21. Describe the use of Management Information System in the field of family welfare programme.

22. Organisational structure of PHCs in India -Describe.

23. What is the need for a population policy Describe the main features of the National Population policy of India 2000.

24. What is couple protection Rate Give brief account of the performance of major states of India

25. Critically discuss the Reproductive and child Health programme in India and suggest measures for improvement

26. Give your views on the emerging diseases due to change in the life style pattern in India

27. The family welfare programme has failed to achieve its desired goal comment.

28. Sustainable development is essential for environmental security and population stabilization give your views.

29. Discuss the role of future urbanization towards economic, social and environmental consequences