GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A periodic and official count of a country’s population is known as a ____
A
Census
B
Diplomat
C
Congress
D
Lobbyist
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct option is A Census. The process of a government counting the populations of its country is called a census. The official enumeration of populations done periodically by the government is a census.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct option is C Official enumeration of population done periodically. The official enumeration of population done periodically by the government is known as census.

Detailed explanation-3: -The English term is taken directly from the Latin census, from censere ("to estimate"). The census played a crucial role in the administration of the Roman government, as it was used to determine the class a citizen belonged to for both military and tax purposes.

Detailed explanation-4: -A census is an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people’s ages and jobs.

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