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India's Population and Urbanization

157 MCQ questions with answers and explanations · page 5 of 7

Q101. Which state of India has the highest percentage of Christian population?

  1. AGoa
  2. BMizoram
  3. CKerala
  4. DManipur
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Answer: B) Mizoram

Q102. According to the demographic transition model, India is in which of the following stages?

  1. ALow birth rate – low death rate
  2. Blow birth rate - high death rate
  3. CHigh birth rate – low death rate
  4. DHigh birth rate – high death rate
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Answer: C) High birth rate – low death rate

Q103. India's area is 2.4% of the world's area but its -

  1. A16% of the total human population
  2. B17% of the total human population
  3. C18% of the total human population is
  4. D28% of the total human population is
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Answer: B) 17% of the total human population

Q104. Bihar ranks highest in India in terms of population density (among states only)

  1. AFirst
  2. Bthird
  3. Ceighth
  4. Dnine
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Answer: A) First

Q105. What is the percentage of Bihar's population in India's total population?

  1. A0.086
  2. B0.1021
  3. C0.1252
  4. D0.165
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Answer: A) 0.086

Q106. The estimated population of Bihar in the 2011 census is-

  1. A8 crore
  2. B9 crore
  3. C100 million
  4. D14 crore
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Answer: C) 100 million

Q107. What is the female literacy rate in Bihar according to the 2011 census?

  1. A0.47
  2. B0.515
  3. C0.532
  4. D0.618
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Answer: B) 0.515

Q108. According to the 2011 census, which is the most populous state in the country, where about 20 crore (200 million) people live?

  1. AUttar Pradesh
  2. BMadhya Pradesh
  3. CMaharashtra
  4. DWest Bengal
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Answer: A) Uttar Pradesh

Q109. What is the sex ratio in India, as per the 2011 census?

  1. A943 females per 1000 males
  2. B945 females per 1000 males
  3. C964 females per 1000 males
  4. D985 females per 1000 males
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Answer: A) 943 females per 1000 males

Q110. In which of the following census decades did the sex ratio record the highest decline in India?

  1. A1931-41
  2. B1961-71
  3. C1981-91
  4. D2001-2011
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Answer: B) 1961-71

Q111. According to the 2011 census, which state has the largest total urban population?

  1. AUttar Pradesh
  2. BMaharashtra
  3. CTamil Nadu
  4. DKerala
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Answer: B) Maharashtra

Q112. Which of the following is the State/Union Territory which does not have any identified tribal community?

  1. AUttar Pradesh
  2. BOdisha
  3. CAndhra Pradesh
  4. DDelhi
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Answer: D) Delhi

Q113. Which of the following is the State/Union Territory which does not have any identified tribal community?

  1. AChhattisgarh
  2. BHaryana
  3. CMaharashtra
  4. DKarnataka
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Answer: B) Haryana

Q114. According to the 2011 census, which is the second most populous state of India?

  1. AMaharashtra
  2. BBihar
  3. CWest Bengal
  4. DRajasthan
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Answer: A) Maharashtra

Q115. According to the 2011 census, which is the state with the highest population after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra?

  1. AWest Bengal
  2. BBihar
  3. CAndhra Pradesh
  4. DTamil Nadu
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Answer: B) Bihar

Q116. Which of the following states had the lowest population as per the 2011 census?

  1. ASikkim
  2. BMizoram
  3. CGoa
  4. DMeghalaya
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Answer: A) Sikkim

Q117. Which of the following groups of Indian states shows the correct descending order of population density as per the 2011 census?

  1. APunjab, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Haryana
  2. BTamil Nadu, Punjab, Maharashtra, Haryana
  3. CPunjab, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Maharashtra
  4. DHaryana, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Maharashtra
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Answer: D) Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Maharashtra

Q118. The most urbanized among the Union Territories of India is-

  1. AChandigarh
  2. BDelhi
  3. CPuducherry
  4. DLakshadweep
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Answer: B) Delhi

Q119. Which one of the following states of India has the lowest population density?

  1. AHimachal Pradesh
  2. BMeghalaya
  3. CArunachal Pradesh
  4. DSikkim
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Answer: C) Arunachal Pradesh

Q120. According to the 2011 census, which of the following cities in India has a population of more than one million? 1. Ludhiana, 2. Kochi 3. Surat 4. Nagpur

  1. A1, 2 and 3
  2. B2, 3 and 4
  3. C1 and 4
  4. D1, 2, 3 and 4
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Answer: D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q121. Which one of the following states has the highest percentage of rural population to its total population? (Based on Census 2011)

  1. AHimachal Pradesh
  2. BBihar
  3. COdisha
  4. DUttar Pradesh
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Answer: A) Himachal Pradesh

Q122. What is the approximate percentage of people above 60 years of age in the current population of India?

  1. A14-15,
  2. B11-12%
  3. C9-10%
  4. D5-6%
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Answer: D) 5-6%

Q123. According to India's National Population Policy, 2000, our long term goal is to achieve population stabilization by which one of the following years?

  1. A2025
  2. B2035
  3. C2045
  4. D2055
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Answer: C) 2045

Q124. Which one of the following has the lowest population as per the Census of India, 2011 data?

  1. AChandigarh
  2. BMizoram
  3. CPuducherry
  4. DSikkim
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Answer: D) Sikkim

Q125. The growth rate of literacy in India during 2001-2011 is-

  1. A0.082
  2. B0.126
  3. C0.143
  4. D0.155
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Answer: A) 0.082

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