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Hi I would like to have the sample question paper for JRF in Development Studies of the India Statistical Institute, Kolkata which is required for reference purpose?

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The sample question paper for JRF in Development Studies of the India Statistical Institute, Kolkata which is required for reference purpose is as given below:

1. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme aims to provide
(a) 100 days of employment to each rural worker
(b) Unlimited number of days of employment to each rural worker
(c) 100 days of employment to each rural family
(d) A minimum of 50 days of employment to each male worker
2. In order to study production conditions among households in a village, I
took a list of all households (the ______________), and divided it into
different landholding groups (the ________________), and studied every
fifth household in each group (the ___________________). Which group of
statistical terms best fills these gaps?
(a) census, size-classes, focus group
(b) population, classes, rapid appraisal
(c) population, strata, stratified sample
(d) voters’ list, focus groups, parameter
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3. If the radius of a circle is increased by 20%, then the area is increased by
(a) 44 %
(b) 120%
(c) 144%
(d) 40 %
4. There are two egg delivery boys. The probability of the first boy falling and
breaking all the eggs is 1/2 and the probability of the second boy falling and
breaking all the eggs is 1/3. How would you distribute your order for eggs so
as to minimise the expected total loss of eggs?
(a) Order all your eggs from the first boy
(b) Order all your eggs from the second boy
(c) Distribute your order equally between the two boys
(d) Order 3/4 of your order from the first boy and the rest from the second
boy.
5. I had Rs 25 (twenty five) when I went to the market and I spent Rs 7. What
percentage of the total did I have at the end of my visit to the market?
(a) 72 per cent
(b) 28 per cent
(c) 71.5 per cent
(d) 63.5 per cent
6. Suppose Rs 100,000 is deposited in an account for five years at an interest
rate of 10 per cent per year, to be compounded annually. How much money
would there be at the end of five years?
(a) Rs 161,051
(b) Rs 160,000
(c) Rs 151,051
(d) Rs 150,000
7. The sample mean is an unbiased estimator of the population mean. This
means
(a) the sample mean always equals the population mean
(b) the average sample mean, over all possible samples, equals the population
mean
(c) the sample mean is always very close to the population mean
(d) none of the above
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8. The contribution of the agricultural sector to GDP in India is determined
by
(a) input-output approach
(b) periodic surveys
(c) cost-cutting experiments
(d) product flow approach
9. The Tendulkar Committee recommendations deal with
(a) Rural unemployment
(b) Poverty ratios
(c) Fertilizer subsidy
(d) None of the above
10. Which of the following sources of data provides information on rural
employment?
(a) National Sample Survey
(b) Rural Labour Enquiry
(c) Census of India
(d) All of the above
11. Infant industry protection is
(a) the policy of ensuring that children are not adversely affected by industrial
pollution
(b) the policy of protecting new domestic industry from lower cost imports
(c) the policy of providing bank credit to industries run by weaker sections
(d) the policy of subsidizing imports in developing countries.
12. A population pyramid deals with
(a) Age and marriage structure
(b) Age and sex structure
(c) Age and labour force structure
(d) Age and literacy structure
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13. The Mahalanobis model was the driving force of the
(a) First Five Year Plan
(b) Second Five Year Plan
(c) Fifth Five Year Plan
(d) Indian Statistical Institute’s contribution to the National Sample Survey
14. In 2011, among the following, the State with the highest Human
Development Index was
(a) Maharashtra
(b) West Bengal
(c) Kerala
(d) Uttar Pradesh
15. The male life expectancy in India is approximately
(a) Less than 50 years
(b) 70 to 75 years
(c) 60 to 65 years
(d) Over 75 years
16. The unemployment rate refers to
(a) the number of people without jobs
(b) the number of people without regular jobs
(c) the number of adults who are unemployed
(d) persons who are unemployed as a proportion of the labour force
17. The concepts of ‘Sanskitization and Westernization’ are attributed to
(a) A. R. Desai
(b) Andre Beteille
(c) M. N. Srinivas
(d) None of the above
18. Sharecropping is a system of
(a) wage labour
(b) land tenure
(c) cropping pattern
(d) none of the above