Census Of India : Vital Statistics
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 22
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Questions and Answers
- 1.Gender ratio is the number of female per _____ males.
- A.
1
- B.
10
- C.
100
- D.
1000
- 2.What was India's population in 2019?
- A.
136.6 million
- B.
136.6 crores
- C.
1.36 billion
- D.
Both (b) and (c)
- E.
None of the above
- 3.The nation's most valuable resource is...
- A.
A sound government
- B.
Rich minerals
- C.
Different landforms
- D.
An educated and healthy population.
- 4.India's current annual increase in population is...
- A.
10.1 million
- B.
12.3 million
- C.
15.5 million
- D.
18.7 million
- 5.The birth rate in India started declining from...
- A.
1951
- B.
1961
- C.
1971
- D.
1981
- 6.The first census in India was taken in the year....
- A.
1872
- B.
1877
- C.
1881
- D.
1886
- 7.A rate of increase of 2 per cent in the population per annum means that in a given year, there was an increase of ____ persons per 100 persons.
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
10
- D.
20
- 8.What group of the population is termed economically unproductive?
- A.
Children
- B.
Adults
- C.
Late teens
- D.
Aged
- 9.The first COMPLETE census in India was taken in the year:
- A.
1877
- B.
1881
- C.
1886
- 10.A census is taken in India every ____ years.
- A.
1
- B.
5
- C.
10
- D.
12
- 11.The most populous state in India is:
- A.
Madhya Pradesh
- B.
Uttar Pradesh
- C.
Andhra Pradesh
- D.
Maharashtra
- 12.Migration not only changes the population size, but also population ____ in terms of sex ratio.
- A.
Growth
- B.
Composition
- C.
Change
- D.
Density
- 13.In India, most migration has been from:
- A.
Andhra Pradesh
- B.
Rural to urban
- C.
Urban to rural
- D.
Punjab to Haryana
- 14.Apart from births and deaths, the other component of population growth is:
- A.
Life expectancy
- B.
Longevity
- C.
Gross enrolment ratio
- D.
Migration
- 15.Birth rate is the number of live births per ____ persons in a year.
- A.
100
- B.
1000
- C.
10000
- D.
100000
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