India : Population (Part – IV)

Total Questions: 50

41. According to 2001 Census, the State having the largest rate of illiteracy is: [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

(a) Bihar
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Odisha
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer: (a) Bihar

Solution:According to the Census 2001, State with highest illiteracy rate in India was Bihar. As per Census 2011, the five states with lowest literacy rate are: Bihar (61.8%), Arunachal Pradesh (65.4%), Rajasthan (66.1%), Jharkhand (66.4%) and Andhra Pradesh (67.0%).

42. Amongst the following States of the country, the literacy rate in 2011 was lowest in: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

(a) Odisha
(b) Bihar
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Chhattisgarh

Correct Answer: (b) Bihar

43. Which among the following States has a lower literacy rate than the country's average literacy rate according to 2001 Census? [B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2005]

(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) Odisha
(d) West Bengal

Correct Answer: (c) Odisha

Solution:As per Census 2001 and also according to Census 2011, among the given States, Odisha has a lower literacy rate than the country's average literacy rate. As per Census 2011, Odisha has a literacy rate of 72.9 percent, which is still lower than the national average (73.0%).

44. Which Union Territory of India has the lowest literacy rate as per the Census of 2011? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2017]

(a) Chandigarh
(b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(c) Daman and Diu
(d) Lakshadweep

Correct Answer: (b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Solution:As per Census 2011, the literacy rates of the given Union Territories are as follows:

Chandigarh - 86.0

Dadra and Nagar Haveli - 76.2

Daman and Diu - 87.1

Lakshadweep - 91.8

45. As per 1991 Census, which one of the following groups of Union Territories had the highest literacy rate? [I.A.S. (Pre) 1999]

(a) Chandigarh and Dadra & Nagar Haveli
(b) Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands
(c) Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Pondicherry
(d) Pondicherry and Delhi

Correct Answer: (d) Pondicherry and Delhi

Solution:The literacy rates (in percentage) of the Union Territories given in the question are as follows:

Union Territory	Literacy Rate 1991 (%)	Literacy Rate 2011 (%)
Chandigarh	77.81	86.0
Delhi	75.29	86.2
Puducherry	74.74	85.8
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	73.02	86.6
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	40.71	76.2

As per final figures of 2011 Census, the Union Territory with the highest literacy rate is Lakshadweep (91.8%) and the UT with the lowest literacy rate is Dadra and Nagar Haveli (76.2%).

46. Which one of the following States of India has the highest rural literacy rate? [U.P.P.C.S (Pre) 2010]

(a) Maharashtra
(b) Manipur
(c) Goa
(d) Gujarat

Correct Answer: (c) Goa

Solution:As per Census 2001, the highest rural literacy was in Kerala (94.04%), but among the States in question, Goa had the high- est rural literacy (79.67%). According to the Census 2011, Kerala has the highest rural literacy (93.0%), followed by Goa (86.6%). While Mizoram has the highest Urban literacy (97.6%).

47. Which among the following districts has the highest literacy rate? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2008]

(a) Bhopal
(b) Narsinghpur
(c) Jabalpur
(d) Indore

Correct Answer: (c) Jabalpur

Solution:As per Census 2001, Narsinghpur was the most literate District of Madhya Pradesh. While, according to the Census 2011, Jabalpur (81.1%) in the most literate District of Madhya Pradesh.

48. As per 2011 Census, literacy rate of Uttarakhand State is: [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]

(a) 79.63 percent
(b) 87,40 percent
(c) 70.40 percent
(d) 75.80 percent

Correct Answer: (a) 79.63 percent

Solution:

As per provisional figures of Census 2011, literacy rate of Uttarakhand State was 79.63 percent. While, according to the final data of Census 2011 it is at 78.8 percent.

49. As per Census 2011, the literacy rate of Uttar Pradesh is: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) (Re-Exam) 2015]

Correct Answer: (e) 67.7%

Solution:As per Census 2011, the literacy rate of Uttar Pradesh is 67.7%, in which male and female literacy rate is 77.3% and 57.2% respectively.

50. According to 2001 Census, what is the rank of Uttar Pradesh among the States/ Union territories in literacy rate? [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2010]

(a) 29
(b) 30
(c) 31
(d) 32

Correct Answer: (b) 30

Solution:As per Census 2001, Uttar Pradesh was ranked 31" among States/UTs in literacy rate, while according to the Census 2011, Uttar Pradesh ranked 29th in this context.

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