UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — India’s future demographic challenges

Q1. Which one of the following is the primary nodal Ministry for implementing India's family planning and population stabilisation programmes?

  • A. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • C. Ministry of Women and Child Development
  • D. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Q2. In the context of India's demographic projections, the term 'Total Fertility Rate (TFR)' refers to:

  • A. the average number of children that would be born to a woman during her reproductive years
  • B. the number of live births per 1,000 population in a given year
  • C. the proportion of women of reproductive age in the total female population
  • D. the ratio of the number of births to the number of deaths in a given year

Q3. The target of achieving a replacement-level Total Fertility Rate of 2.1 in India was first formally set under which one of the following?

  • A. Programme of Action adopted at the ICPD, Cairo, 1994
  • B. National Population Policy, 2000
  • C. National Health Policy, 2017
  • D. National Family Welfare Programme, 1976