CENSUS 2001
2002 II
1 According
to Census 2001, match List I (States) with List II (Sex ratio females per 1000
males) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists
List I (States) List II (Sex ratio females)
A Bihar 1 975
B Meghalaya 2 934
C Punjab 3 874
D West
Bengal 4 921
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4 1 3 2
(b) 4 3 1 2
(c) 2 3 1 4
(d) 2 1 3 4
2 Which one of the following states has
the largest urban population?
(a) Haryana (b) Gujarat (c) Tamil
Nadu (d) West
Bengal
3 The density of population in India,
per sq km according to Census 2001 is
(a) 304 (b) 324 (c)
344 (d) 364
2003 I
1 The density of population in the
shaded area in the above map of India is
2 In
which of the following states is the literacy rate more than national average
as per Census 2001?
(a)
Andhra Pradesh (b) Haryana (c) Meghalaya (d) Rajasthan
3 According
to Census 2001, which one of the following states has the highest population?
(a)
Assam (b) Chhattisgarh (c) Jharkhand (d) Punjab
4 Which
one of the following states has the highest percentage of urban population as
per Census 2001?
(a)
Gujarat (b) Karnataka (c) Maharashtra (d) Tamil Nadu
2003 II
1 According to Census 2001, which
amongst the following has lowest female literacy rate?
(a) Chhattisgarh (b) Jharkhand (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
2 As per Census 2001, which one among
the following states has the largest population?
(a) Gujarath (b) Karnataka (c)* Madhya
Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
2004 I
1 In which of the following is the female
literacy rate highest?
(a) Chandigarh (b) Delhi (c) Mizoram (d) Pondicherry
2 As
per Census of India 2001, the minimum gap in male-female literacy rate anywhere
in India has been observed in
(a)
Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Madhya Pradesh (d)* Mizoram
3 The
decadal growth in the population of India during 1991-2001 is close to
(a)
13% (b) 17% (c) 21.3% (d) 25%
4 The
growth rate of population during 1991-2001 is highest in
(a)
Bihar (b) Delhi (c) Nagaland (d) Uttar Pradesh
2004 II
1 Which
of the following is the correct sequence of the given Union Territories in the
decreasing order of their areas?
(a)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli – Andaman and Nicobar – Daman and Diu
(b)
Andaman and Nicobar – Dadra and Nagar Haveli – Daman and Diu
(c)
Daman and Diu - Andaman and Nicobar – Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(d) Dadra and Nagar Haveli – Daman and Diu -
Andaman and Nicobar
2005 I
1 In
India, which one of the following has the lowest density of population as per
Census 2001?
(a)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands – 43 (b)
Arunachal Pradesh – 13 (c) Mizoram – 42
(d)
Sikkim – 76
2 Consider
the following statements:
As
per Census 2001, in India,
I more than one third of the total
population is urban
II at the national level, the expectation
of life at birth is more for males than females
Which
of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a)
I only (b) II only (c) both I and II (d) neither I nor II
2006II
1 What
is the median age (approximately) of the Indian population?
(a)
25 years (b) 29 years (c) 32 years (d) 35 years
2007
I
1 Which
one of the following is the correct sequence of Union Territories of India in
the increasing order of their area?
(a)
Pondicherry-Lakshadweep-Chandigarh-Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(b)
Lakshadweep-Chandigarh-Andaman and Nicobar Islands- Pondicherry
(c)
Lakshadweep-Chandigarh-Pondicherry- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(d)
Pondicherry--Chandigarh-Andaman and Nicobar Islands-Lakshadweep
2 Which
of the following States/UTs of the country has more than 50% tribal population
of the total population?
(a)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (b)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli (c) Himachal
Pradesh
(d) Pondicherry
2007 II
1
As per
Census 2001 what is the approximate percentage of Scheduled Tribe population in
India?
(a) 4% (b)
5% (c) 7% (d) 8%
2
Which
of the following Union Territories recorded the highest literacy rate as per
Census 2001?
(a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (b) Lakshdweep (c)
Chandigarh (d)
Puducherry
3
Which
one of the following states recorded the highest percentage of Scheduled Caste
population to its total population as per census 2001?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b)
Bihar (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Punjab
2009 I
1 Assertion
A Physiological density is
preferable to Arithmetic density as an index of population density.
Reason
R Physiological density is based
on arable land while arithmetic density is based on total area.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 Which one among the following states
has the highest gender disparity?
(a) Orissa (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Haryana (d) Maharashtra
3 In which of the following Ministries
the census organization has been functioning on a permanent footing since
1961?
(a) Health and Family Welfare (b) Home Affairs (c) Social Justice and Empowerment (d) HRD
2009 II
1 Which one of the following statements
regarding Census 2001 is NOT correct?
(a) Kerala occupies the top spot in
the country both in male literacy rate and female literacy rate
(b) Female literacy rate in
Jharkhand is more than that of Bihar
(c) Density of population in Andaman
and Nicobar is lowest in India
(d) Uttar Pradesh ranked first in
terms of percentage of state population to the total population of India
CENSUS 2011
2011 II
1 According
to the Census 2011, which one among the following Union Territories has the
least population?
(a)
Daman and Diu (b) Dadra and Nagar
Haveli (c) Lakshadweep (d) Puducherry
2013 II
1 Which
one among the following may be considered a reason for India having ‘high
dependency’ ratio?
(a)
High rate of population growth
(b) Large
section of population is in the age group of 0-14 years
(c)
High percentage of population in the age group of 15-59 years
(d)
Low pace of human resource development
2014 I
1 ‘Population
Dividend’ refers to
(a)
Total Number of population (b)
Youthful age structure of the population
(c)
Relatively high proportion of experience aged people (d) Migration from richer region to poorer region
2015 I
1 Consider
the following Indian States
1
Chhattisgarh 2 Telangana 3 Andhra Pradesh 4 Uttarakhand 5
Tamil Nadu
Which
among the States given above are the largest and smallest respectively (in
terms of geographical area) ?
(a)
3 and 4 (b) 3 and 2 (c) 1 and 4 (d) 2 and 5
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