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KRISHNA KANTA HANDIQUI STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY
Surya Kumar Bhuyan School of Social Sciences
Home Assignment for
4th Semester: 2025
SUBJECT: SOCIOLOGY
COURSE: SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY
Last Date for Submission- 25-09-2025

Total Marks: 50
[Assignments are required to be written in your own language. Copying in toto from the learning materials will carry less score]
QA. Answer the following questions. 10×3=30
Q1: What do you understand by fertility rate? Discuss the factors affecting fertility.
Q2: Define migration? Explain its consequences
Q3: What do you understand by population policy? Briefly describe the initiatives of the government of India for population control.
QB. Answer the following question. 10×1=10
Q1: Examine the relationship between population growth and environmental degradation in developing countries.
QC. Answer the following question. 10
Q1: Explain any three criticisms of the Demographic Transition