UPSC – CSE Prelims 2024
EASY
CURRENT AFFAIRS – SOCIAL – HEALTH
1. The total fertility rate in an economy is defined as:
(a) the number of children born per 1000 people in the population in a year.
(b) the number of children born to a couple in their lifetime in a given population.
(c) the birth rate minus death rate.
(d) the average number of live births a woman would have by the end of her child-bearing age.
Ans. (d)
Total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime
Test 22: Indian Economy PRELIMS 2024 Q. The medium term objective of National Population Policy 2000 called to bring the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) to population replacement level of 2.1 by the year: (a) 2010 (b) 2015 (c) 2020 (d) 2045 Ans. (a) The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime |