1.

The term ageism was coined by

a. Robert Butler
b. Ignatz Leo Nascher
c. Dr. O.P. Sharma
d. Dr Sharad Gokhale

Answer: (a)

2. Which of the following statements regarding Definition of Old age is not true:

a. Most developed countries have accepted the chronological age of 65 years as a

definition of 'elderly' or older person
b. In contrast to the chronological milestones which mark life stages in the developed
world, old age in many developing countries is seen to begin at the point when active
contribution is no longer possible."
c. Government of India adopted 'National Policy on Older Persons' in January, 1999.
The policy defines 'senior citizen' or 'elderly' as a person who is 60 years of age or
above.
d. The United Nations generally uses 65+ years to refer to the older population

Answer: (d) The UN generally uses 60+ years to refer to the older population
3. The elderly population (>60 years) accounted for what percent of total population of India
in 2011.

a. 6.2%
b. 7.4 %
c. 8.3%
d. 9.3%

Answer: (c), Source: Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India

4. Which of the following statements regarding Dementia is not true

a. Dementia is a normal part of ageing and it is not possible for persons with dementia to
continue to engage and contribute within society and have a good quality of life.
b. Dementia is overwhelming for the caregivers and adequate support is required for
them from the health, social, financial and legal systems.
c. Countries must include dementia on their public health agendas. Sustained action and
coordination is required at international, national, regional and local levels.
d. People with dementia and their caregivers often have unique insights to their
condition and life. They should be involved in formulating the policies, plans, laws
and services that relate to them

Answer: a) Dementia is not a normal part of ageing. With appropriate support, many can and
should be enabled to continue to engage and contribute within society and have a good
quality of life.
5. About 64 /1000 elderly (>60 years) persons in rural areas and 55/1000 in urban areas suffer
from one or more disabilities. The Most common disability among the elderly in India is

a. Locomotor disability
b. Visual disability
c. Hearing disability
d. Speech disability

Answer: (a) 3% (30/1000) suffer from locomotor disability.

Source: Situation Analysis Of The Elderly in India: Central Statistics Office Ministry of
Statistics & Programme Implementation Government of India
6. Which of the following statements regarding Depression in old age is true:

a. Depression in older adults is easily diagnosed and treated.

b. Health care providers may mistake symptoms of depression as just a natural reaction
to illness or the life changes that may occur with ageing and may not treat depression.
c. Older adults themselves often seek help for depression because they feel that they
could get better with appropriate treatment
d. Questions that assess the symptoms of depression using the Patient Health
Questionnaire are commonly used in surveys in India.
e. Answer: (b),

Source: Enhancing Use of Clinical Preventive Services Among Older Adults- closing the
Gap: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Available at www.cdc.gov/aging

7. The population projection is required for preparation of perspective plan for the future.
Which of the statements below is not true as per the population projections in India

a. India's population above 60 years in 2026 will be 15 % of total population.

b. By 2026, North India's population would be younger compared to the South.
c. By the year 2026 Kerala will have highest educated working people with average age
hovering above 35 years
d. By 2026 Uttar Pradesh will have highest uneducated and less educated working
population with average age below 30 years.

Answer: (a), (Projected population >60 Years: 12.17%)

Source: Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India

8. Which of the following Institutions in India does not conduct Geriatric Medicine courses.

a. IGNOU
b. AIIMS Delhi
c. Mysore Medical College
d. Madras Medical College

Answer: (c) MMC Madras has 2 seats in MD Geriatric Medicine. AIIMS Delhi has been
allotted 7 seats this year. IGNOU has PG Diploma in Geriatric Medicine. M. M. C. has not
started as yet
9. Which of the following statements regarding diet of the elderly is true.

 Elderly persons require more calories as compared to young adults.

 Healthy food habits (& regular physical activity) are required to minimize the ill
effects of ageing and to improve the quality of life.
 Elderly persons need less calcium, iron, zinc, vitamin A to prevent age-related
degenerative diseases.
 ICMR expert group has recommended that elderly persons require more proteins as
compared to young adults.

Answer: (b) ICMR expert group has not made any special recommendations regarding
protein requirements for the elderly.

10. In India, organized sector provides pension for retired persons. But for others, The
Ministry of Rural Development has implemented the National Old-Age Pension Scheme
(NOAPS) - for persons above 65 years belonging to a household below poverty line. The
amount paid per month is:

a. Rs 150 per month.

b. Rs 200 per month.
c. Rs 250 per month.
d. Rs 300 per month.

Answer: (b)
 13.1. Who Are the Elderly? Aging in Society
1. In most countries, elderly women ______ than elderly men.

1. Are mistreated less

2. Live a few years longer
3. Suffer fewer health problems
4. Deal with issues of aging better

2. Canada’s baby boomer generation has contributed to all of the following except
________.

1. The financial vulnerability of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans

2. Improved medical technology
3. The health care system being in danger of going bankrupt
4. Rising health care budgets

3. The measure that compares the number of men to women in a population is

______.

1. Cohort
2. Sex ratio
3. Baby boomer
4. Disengagement

4. The “greying of Canada” refers to ________.

1. The increasing percentage of the population over 65

2. Faster aging due to stress
3. Dissatisfaction with retirement plans
4. Increased health problems such as Alzheimer’s

5. What is the approximate median age of Canada?

1. 85
2. 65
3. 40
4. 24.7

13.2. The Process of Aging

6. Thanatology is the study of _____.

1. Life expectancy
2. Biological aging
3. Death and dying
4. Adulthood

7. In Erik Erikson’s developmental stages of life, with which challenge must older
people struggle?

1. Overcoming despair to achieve integrity

2. Overcoming role confusion to achieve identity
3. Overcoming isolation to achieve intimacy
4. Overcoming shame to achieve autonomy

8. Who wrote the book On Death and Dying, outlining the five stages of grief?

1. Ignatz Nascher
2. Erik Erikson
3. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
4. Carol Gilligan

9. For individual people of a certain culture, the life course is ________.

1. The average age they will die

2. The lessons they must learn
3. The length of a typical bereavement period
4. The typical sequence of events in their lives

10. In Canada, life expectancy rates in recent decades have ______.

1. Continued to gradually rise

2. Gone up and down due to global issues such as military conflicts
3. Lowered as health care improves
4. Stayed the same since the mid-1960s

13.3. Challenges Facing the Elderly

11. Today in Canada the poverty rate of the elderly is ______.

1. increasing
2. lower than at any point in history
3. decreasing
4. the same as that of the general population

12. Which action reflects ageism?

1. Enabling World War II veterans to visit war memorials

2. Speaking slowly and loudly when talking to someone over age 65
3. Believing that older people drive too slowly
4. Living in a culture where elders are respected

13. Which factor most increases the risk of an elderly person suffering
mistreatment?

1. Bereavement due to widowhood

2. Having been abusive as a younger adult
3. Being frail to the point of dependency on care
4. The ability to bestow a large inheritance on survivors
 14. If elderly people suffer abuse, it is most often perpetrated by ______.

1. Spouses
2. Caregivers
3. Lawyers
4. Strangers

13.4. Theoretical Perspectives on Aging

15. Which assertion about aging in men would be made by a sociologist following
the functionalist perspective?

1. Men view balding as representative of a loss of strength.

2. Men tend to have better retirement plans than women.
3. Men have life expectancies three to five years shorter than women.
4. Men who remain active after retirement play supportive community roles.

16. An older woman retires and completely changes her life. She is no longer
raising children or working. However, she joins the YWCA to swim every day.
She serves on the Friends of the Library board. She is part of a neighbourhood
group that plays Bunco on Saturday nights. Her situation most closely illustrates
the ______ theory.

1. Activity
2. Continuity
3. Disengagement
4. Gerotranscendence

17. An older man retires from his job, stops golfing, and cancels his newspaper
subscription. After his wife dies, he lives alone, loses touch with his children, and
stops seeing old friends. His situation most closely illustrates the _______ theory.

1. Activity
2. Continuity
3. Disengagement
4. Gerotranscendence

18. What is the primary driver of modernization theory?

1. Industrialization
2. Aging
3. Conflict
4. Interactions

19. The end of mandatory retirement counteracts which theory?

 Modernization
 Conflict
 Disengagement
 Age stratification

1 B, | 2 C, | 3 B, | 4 A, | 5 C, | 6 C, | 7 A | 8 C, | 9 D, | 10 A, | 11 B, | 12 B, | 13
C, | 14 B, | 15 D, | 16 A, | 17 C, | 18 A, | 19 D,|
 MSLSS SURVEY
We would like to know what thoughts about life you've had during the past several weeks. Think
about how you spend each day and night and then think about how your life has been during most
of this time. Here are some questions that ask you to indicate your satisfaction with life. Click the
number (from 1 to 6) next to each statement that indicates the extent to which you agree or
disagree with each statement. It is important to know what you REALLY think, so please answer the
question the way you really feel, not how you think you should. There are NO right or wrong
answers. Click 1 if you STRONGLY DISAGREE with the sentence Click 2 if you MODERATELY DISAGREE
with the sentence Click 3 if you MILDLY DISAGREE with the sentence Click 4 if you MILDLY AGREE
with the sentence Click 5 if you MODERATELY AGREE with the sentence Click 6 if you STRONGLY
AGREE with the sentence

1. My friends are nice to me.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.
2. I am fun to be around.
 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.
3. I feel bad at school.
 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
  Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.
4. I have a bad time with my friends.
 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

5. There are lots of things I can do well.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

6. I learn a lot at school. Strongly disagree.

 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.
6. I like spending time with my parents/guardians.
 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

8. My family is better than most.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

9. There are many things about school I don't like.

 Strongly disagree.
  Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

10. I think I am good looking.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

11. My friends are great.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

12. My friends will help me if I need it.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

13. I wish I didn't have to go to school.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

14. I like myself.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
  Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

15. There are lots of fun things to do where I live.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

16. My friends treat me well.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

17. Most people like me.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

18. I enjoy being at home with my family.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

19. My family gets along well together.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
  Strongly agree.

20. I look forward to going to school.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

21. My parents/guardians treat me fairly.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

22. I like being in school.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

23. My friends are mean to me.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

24. I wish I had different friends.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

25. School is interesting.

  Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

26. I enjoy school activities.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

27. I wish I lived in a different house.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

28. Members of my family talk nicely to one another.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

29. I have a lot of fun with my friends.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

30. My parents and I do fun things together.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
  Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

31. I like my neighborhood.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

32. I wish I lived somewhere else.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

33. I am a nice person.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

34. This town is filled with mean people.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

35. I like to try new things.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
  Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

36. My family's house is nice.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

37. I like my neighbors.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

38. I have enough friends.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

39. I wish there were different people in my neighborhood.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.

40. I like where I live.

 Strongly disagree.
 Moderately disagree.
 Mildly disagree.
 Mildly agree.
 Moderately agree.
 Strongly agree.