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India : Population (Part – V)

📆 October 25, 2024

Total Questions: 50

11. In which of the following Census years sex-ratio of India was 946? [U.P.R.O/A.R.O. (Mains) 2013]

Correct Answer: (c) 1951
Solution:According to the Census of 1951, the sex-ratio of India was 946. The sex-ratio of the given years are as follows-
Census YearSex Ratio in India
1921955
1941945
1951946
1971930

12. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

Census YearSex Ratio in India
(a) 1951946
(b) 1991938
(c) 2001933
(d) 2011940
Correct Answer: (e) b & d
Solution:
Census YearSex Ratio in India
(a) 1951946
(b) 1991927
(c) 2001933
(d) 2011943 (Provisional 940)

13. In the following table, the figure of female population per thousand male population at the end of the year 2000 is given for India and the world. [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2001]

Which of the following is correctly matched:

 IndiaWorld
(a) 897960
 (b) 907970
 (c) 917980
 (d) 927990
Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:India's sex-ratio was 927 (as per 1991 Census), while the World's sex-ratio was 990. Hence option (d) is correct.

14. According to the 2001 Census Report, male-female ratio in India is: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007, Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

Correct Answer: (d) 1000:933
Solution:

As per Census 2001, the male and female sex-ratio was 1000: 933 (it is 1000: 943, as per Census 2011).

15. According to the provisional figures of 2011 Census male-female ratio in India is: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2011]

Correct Answer: (d) 1000:940
Solution:As per provisional figures of Census 2011, the sex-ratio of India was 1000: 940 (Number of females per thousand males), which was 1000: 933 in 2001. According to final figures of Census 2011, it is 1000: 943.

16. What is the sex-ratio of India as per the provisional data of Census of India 2011 from the following? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]

Correct Answer: (b) 940
Solution:As per provisional figures of Census 2011, the sex-ratio of India was 1000: 940 (Number of females per thousand males), which was 1000: 933 in 2001. According to final figures of Census 2011, it is 1000: 943.

17. As per Census 2011, the sex per 1000 males) in India is: [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]

Correct Answer: (d) 940
Solution:As per provisional figures of Census 2011, the sex-ratio of India was 1000: 940 (Number of females per thousand males), which was 1000: 933 in 2001. According to final figures of Census 2011, it is 1000: 943.

18. What is the sex-ratio in India as per 2011 Census? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) (Re-Exam) 2015]

Correct Answer: (d) None of the above
Solution:As per provisional figures of Census 2011, the sex-ratio of India was 1000: 940 (Number of females per thousand males), which was 1000: 933 in 2001. According to final figures of Census 2011, it is 1000: 943.

19. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of States/UTs having the highest sex-ratio (2011 Census provisional figures) in descending order? [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2010]

Correct Answer: (a) Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
Solution:As per provisional and final figures of Census 2011, the descending order of the sex-ratio of the given States is as follows:

1. Kerala, 2. Puducherry, 3. Tamil Nadu, 4. Andhra Pradesh.

20. According to population Census 2011, which of the following States has largest number of females per thousand males? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2012]

Correct Answer: (d) Kerala
Solution:As per final figures of the 2011 Census, Kerala has the highest number of females per 1000 males (sex-ratio) in the country (1084). It is 996 in Tamil Nadu, 992 in Manipur and 989 in Meghalaya.
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