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Exercise

A. Write very short answer to the following questions:
1. Define demography.
2. Who coined the term demography first?
3. Who is regarded as the ‘father of demography’?
4. What are the components of demography?
5. Define fertility and fecundity.
6. What does CBR as 32. 7 per 1000 mean?
7. How can we calculate mid year population?
8. What does ASFR as 392.4 per 1000 mean?
9. What does NMR as – 5. 18 per 1000 mean?
10. Define dependency ratio.
11. Which age groups of people are regarded as active and inactive population?
12. What does dependency ratio as 94.16% mean?
13. When will the population of a country get doubled if annual population growth
rate is 1.39%?
14. How much energy is required by Nepalese daily?
14. Name any two water borne diseases.
15. How do oral pills work?
16. How long does norplant work?
17. How many capsules are present in norplant?
19. What are IUCDs?
20. What is emergency contraceptive method?
21. Mention any two examples of emergency contraceptive devices.
22. Mention any two advantages of foam tablet.
23. What is condom made of?
24. Which tube is cut and tied in vasectomy?
B. Write short answer to the following questions:
1. Differentiate between fertility and fecundity.
2. What is CBR? Write its advantages and disadvantage.
3. What is death? Explain briefly about the measurement of mortality.
4. What is migration? What are pull and push factors?
5. How can we measure migration? Write with their formulae.
6. What is sex ratio? Write the advantages of sex ratio.
7. How does population growth affect health services?
8. “Quality education decreases with the increase of population growth.” Justify
this statement.
9. How does population growth affect housing and clothing?
10. What is population management? How does gender equality help to reduce

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