Population and Urbanisation (Uttar Pradesh) (Part – I)

Four leading states of India by area -

(i) Rajasthan (342,239.00 sq km.)

(ii) Madhya Pradesh (308,252.00 sq km.)

(iii) Maharashtra (307,713.00 sq km.)

(iv) Uttar Pradesh (240,928.00 sq km.)

Thus, option (d) is the correct answer.

As per 2011 census, the literacy rate in Uttar Pradesh from 2001 to 2011 rose up to 11.45%. In year 2011 literacy rate of Uttar Pradesh was 67.68% and it was 56.27% as per the Census 2001.

The literacy rate of Uttar Pradesh as per Census 2011 is 67.68%. The male literacy rate of the state is 77.3 percent and the female literacy rate is 57.2 percent.

The literacy rate in Uttar Pradesh as per Census 1991 was 40.71 percent, which increased in Census 2001 to 56.27 percent. Thus, with regard to the question literacy rate in Uttar Pradesh increased about 15.5 percent. Between 2001-11 the literacy rate in the state increased by 11.4 percent.

Literacy Rate of Uttar Pradesh-

Literacy Rate of Uttar Pradesh-

As per provisional data of Census 2011, the male literacy rate in Uttar Pradesh was 79.24 percent whereas according to the Final data of Census 2011, it was 77.3 percent.

As per Census 2001, female literacy in Ghaziabad was 59.12 percent. The female literacy rate of Kanpur was 72.5%, Lucknow - 61.22%, and Etawah - 58.49%. Whereas, According to Census 2011, the female literacy rate of Kanpur Nagar, Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Etawah is 75.05%, 71.54%, 69.79% and 69.61% respectively.

The Assertion and the Reason, both are correct however the

Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A). Thus, option (b) is the correct answer.

The literacy rate of Uttar Pradesh as per Census 2001 was 56.3 percent. Whereas, Rajasthan had the literacy rate of 60.1%, Odisha-63.1%, and Bihar- 47.0%. Thus, it is clear that the literacy rate of U.P. was less than that of Odisha in 2001.