MCQ Bank
According to the Pessimists school of thought, the relationship between poverty and population is:
- A) Negative
- B) Positive
- C) All of the given options
- D) U-shaped
What does Aging Index of a country measure?
- A) Sum of older people and young people
- B) Sum of older people and children less than 5 years
- C) Ratio between older people and children less than 5 years
- D) Ratio between older people and younger people
According to ‘International Labor Organization’, key indicators of labor market are:
- A) All of the given options
- B) Employment by occupation and hours of work
- C) Status in employment and employment by sector
- D) Labor force participation rate and employment to population ratio
Who is the sustainer of all the creations?
- A) Allah Almighty
- B) Nature
- C) Universe
- D) Big Bang Elements
What is the general trend of poverty in the world?
- A) Increasing
- B) Constant
- C) Decreasing
- D) None of the given options
Primary data can be collected through:
- A) Interviews
- B) Observations
- C) All of the given options
- D) Questionnaires
According to the classification of age group, the working age is:
- A) 15-70 years
- B) 15-50 years
- C) 15-68 years
- D) 15-64 years
Labor force participation rate can be calculated as:
- A) Total labor force/total population * 100
- B) Total population/total no. of employed people* 100
- C) Total population / Total labor force * 100
- D) Total no. of employed people/total population * 100
Which of the following is the most populous but economically more powerful country?
- A) Pakistan
- B) China
- C) Italy
- D) Afghanistan
Parent Support Ratio can be measured as:
- A) Number of people aged over 40 years/working age population * 100
- B) Number of people aged over 65 years/working age population * 100
- C) Number of people aged over 40 years/Number of young people *100
- D) Number of people aged over 65 years/Number of young people *100
Suppose you have data of total students enrolled in different levels of education (Primary, Middle, Matric, Intermediate). Which graph(s) is/are the most appropriate to present the given information?
- A) Component Bar Chart
- B) Multiple Bar Chart
- C) Component Bar Chart and Simple Bar Chart
- D) Simple Bar Chart
Which of the following countries has lower Human Capital Index?
- A) China
- B) Thailand
- C) Pakistan
- D) Poland
Life expectancy at birth in Pakistan has --------------- over the time period.
- A) Remained unchanged
- B) Increased
- C) Decreased or remained unchanged
- D) Decreased
People’s buying power in Pakistan has decreased due to:
- A) All of the given options
- B) Increase in petrol prices
- C) Increase in the value of dollar
- D) Inflation
Old dependency ratio can be calculated as:
- A) Number of older people (greater than 65 years)/working age population (15-64 years) * 100
- B) 1- Number of older people (greater than 65 years)/working age population (15-64 years) * 100
- C) 1-Working age population (15-64 years)/Number of older people (greater than 60 years) * 100
- D) Working age population (15-64 years)/Number of older people (greater than 60 years) * 100
Which of the following is/are the cause(s) of low labor force participation rate in Pakistan?
- A) Lack of practical education
- B) Family structure
- C) Slow economic growth
- D) All of the given options
Which of the following indicators is/are considered in calculation of Human Capital Index of Pakistan?
- A) Health
- B) Education
- C) Per capita income
- D) All of the given options
Suppose you have data of male and female students enrolled in different levels of education (Primary, Middle, Matric, Intermediate). The given information can be presented graphically by:
- A) None of the given options
- B) Component Bar Chart
- C) Multiple Bar Chart
- D) Component Bar Chart and Multiple Bar Chart
In how many generations, generally, population of the world can be classified?
- A) Seven generations
- B) Four generations
- C) Five generations
- D) Six generations
All of the following economic indicators of Pakistan have increased gradually over the time period EXCEPT:
- A) Population
- B) Head count ratio
- C) Inflation
- D) Per capita income