Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Indian Society: Demographic Structure of Indian Society

Question:

The term 'demography' is of Greek origin and is composed of the two words, demos and graphein. What is the meaning of these two words?

Options:

population, describe

population, anaysis

people, describe

people, analysis

Correct Answer:

people, describe

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3:people, describe

The word demography comes from two Greek words: demos, meaning "people", and graphein, meaning "to describe". Demography is therefore concerned with the description and study of human populations. It examines population size, composition, births, deaths, migration, and other characteristics that help us understand how populations change over time.

NCERT: Demography is the systematic study of population. The term is of Greek origin and is composed of the two words, demos (people) and graphein (describe), implying the description of people.