India : Urbanization (Part – II)

Total Questions: 50

11. Arrange the following UTs of India in descending order of their level of urbanization (2011) and select the correct answer from the code given below: [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2010]

1. Chandigarh

2. Daman and Diu

3. Delhi

4. Lakshadweep

Code:

(a) 2, 1, 4, 3
(b) 3, 1, 4, 2
(c) 3, 2, 1, 4
(d) 4, 3, 1, 2

Correct Answer: (b) 3, 1, 4, 2

Solution:As per Census 2011, the correct descending order of urbanization level of given Union Territories is as follows: Delhi (97.5%)>Chandigarh (97.3%) > Lakshadweep (78.1%) > Daman & Diu (75.2%).

12. Which of the following Union Territories has the lowest number of villages as per 2011 Census? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

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

Correct Answer: (b) Daman and Diu

Solution:As per Census 2011, Daman & Diu has the lowest number of villages among the given Union Territories. The number of villages located there is only 25. In comparison, there are 27 villages in Lakshadweep, 70 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and 95 in Puducherry. It is noteworthy that least number of villages among all Union Territories is in Chandigarh (12).

13. Which of the following statements are correct? Use the code given below to select the correct answer: [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2010]

1. For the first time since Independence, the overall increase in population has been more in urban areas than in rural areas.

2. Rural population in India is 67.84% and urban population is 32.16% (2011).

3. The level of urbanization was 27.81% in 2001.

4. The percentage of rural population was 71.19% in 2001.

Code:

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 and 4 only
(d) 1 and 3 only

Correct Answer: (d) 1 and 3 only

Solution:Statements 1 and 3 are correct while statements 2 and 4 are incorrect because according to the provisional data of Census 2011, the rural and urban population was 68.84 percent and 31.16 percent, respectively. Also in 2001, the rural population was 72.19%, not 71.19%.

14. According to 2001 Census report, the percentage of rural population in India is: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2008]

(a) 72.2
(b) 76.7
(c) 74.3
(d) 80.1

Correct Answer: (a) 72.2

Solution:According to the Census 2001, the percentage of rural population in India was 72.2%. While, according to the final data of Census 2011, the percentage of rural population in India is 68.9 percent.

15. According to 2011 Census, which State has the highest proportion of rural population? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015]

(a) Bihar
(b) Kerala
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Himachal Pradesh

Correct Answer: (d) Himachal Pradesh

Solution:According to the Census 2011, Himachal Pradesh has the highest proportion of rural population (90.0)%, while Bihar (88.7%), Assam (85.9%), Odisha (83.3%), Meghalaya (79.9%) and Uttar Pradesh (77.7%) rank second, third, fourth and fifth, respectively in terms of rural population percentage. The proportion of rural population in the State of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are 75.1% and 72.4 percent, respectively.

16. According to 2011 Census which of the following States has the largest rural population? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2018]

(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Punjab
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer: (d) Uttar Pradesh

Solution:As per Census 2011, the rural and urban population among the given States are as follows:

States	Rural Population	Rural Population %	Urban Population	Urban Population %
Madhya Pradesh	52,557,404	72.4%	20,069,405	27.6%
Maharashtra	61,556,074	54.8%	50,818,259	45.2%
Punjab	17,344,192	62.5%	10,399,146	37.5%
Uttar Pradesh	155,317,278	77.7%	44,495,063	22.3%

Thus, among the given States (and in all Indian States) Uttar Pradesh has the largest rural population, while in terms of population percentage, Himachal Pradesh (90%) has the largest percentage of rural population in India.

17. Amongst the following States, which one has the highest percentage of rural population to its total population (on the basis of the Census 2001)? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2008]

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

Correct Answer: (a) Himachal Pradesh

Solution:According to the Census 2001 and 2011, the percentage of rural population to their total population in the given States is as follows:

State	2001 (%)	2011 (%)
Himachal Pradesh	90.2	90.0
Bihar	89.5	88.7
Odisha	85.0	83.3
Uttar Pradesh	79.2	77.7

As per Census 2001 and 2011, Himachal Pradesh has the highest percentage of rural population among all States.

18. As per Census of India (2011) which of the following States has the lowest percentage share of child population in rural areas? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]

(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Kerala
(c) Punjab
(d) Haryana

Correct Answer: (b) Kerala

Solution:As per Census 2011, percentages of child population in rural areas in given States are as follows:

State	Child Population % (2011)
Kerala	10.4
Punjab	11.2
Haryana	13.2
Jammu & Kashmir	17.5

19. According to 2011 Census, which of the following States has the lowest child sex-ratio both in Rural and Urban areas? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2018]

(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Kerala
(c) Haryana
(d) Jammu and Kashmir

Correct Answer: (c) Haryana

Solution:As per Census 2011, the child sex-ratio (0-6 years) in rural and urban areas among the given States is as follows:

State	Child Sex-ratio (Total)	Child Sex-ratio (Urban)	Child Sex-ratio (Rural)
Uttar Pradesh	902	885	906
Kerala	964	963	965
Haryana	834	832	835
Jammu & Kashmir	862	850	865

Thus, among the given States, Haryana has the lowest child sex-ratio both in rural and urban areas. In fact, among all Indian States/UTs, Haryana has the lowest total and urban child sex-ratio, while Delhi has the lowest rural child sex- ratio (814).

20. According to Census, 2001, the highest percentage of rural population living in pucca houses in found in: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2008]

(a) Goa
(b) Kerala
(c) Punjab
(d) Punjab

Correct Answer: (d) Punjab

Solution:According to Census 2001 and National Sample Survey (NSS) 76th Round (July-December 2018) data, the percentage of rural population living in pucca houses in given States is as follows:

States	2001 (%)	NSS-76th Round (July-December 2018) (%)
Goa	60.9	95.9
Kerala	64.6	85.0
Himachal Pradesh	61.8	86.9
Punjab	83.4	97.9

As per the data of NSS-76th Round, among the households living in houses, about 76.7 percent of the households in rural areas and about 96.0 percent of the households in the urban areas (83.3 percent at all-India level) had the house of pucca structure.

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