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Class 12 · Society

Ch 2 · The Demographic Structure of the Indian Society

Real UPSC Prelims questions from 2016–2026, linked to this book. Try each one first, then open the answer. 2026 answers follow UPSC's provisional answer key.

Prelims 2024 · Q41

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.

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UPSC's answer: (d)

NCERT answers it: Class 12 Indian Society, Ch 2 (The Demographic Structure of the Indian Society).

Indian Society (ch 2): a total fertility rate of 1.7 means the average woman has 1.7 children — births per woman over her child-bearing years. So (d).

Hindi version: UPSC's official question paper (2024), question 41 ↗

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