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1 Who was the Governor-General when first census was held?
A Lord Mayo
B Lord Dalhousie
C Lord Ripon
D Lord Minto

Answer: Lord Mayo
2 What do you understand by Sex ratio?
A Number of females per 1000 males
B Number of female birth per 1000 male birth
C Number of males per 1000 females
D Number child birth per 1000 child death

Answer: Number of females per 1000 males
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3 Which of the following state has largest number of towns in India as per census 2011?
A Madhya Pradesh
B Uttar Pradesh
C Gujarat
D Maharashtra

Answer: Maharashtra
4 What does census provides us?
A Information regarding resources
B Information regarding agricultural income
C Information regarding crops
D Information regarding population

Answer: Information regarding population
5 Which of the following statements defines the density of population1?
A Number of persons living in a country
B Change in the number of inhabitants of a country during a specific period of time
C Number of persons living per unit area
D Neither of the above

Answer: Number of persons living per unit area
6 Adolescents are generally grouped in the age group of
A 13-19 years
B 15-29 years
C +60 years
D 10-19 years

Answer: 10-19 years
7 Which of the following is being taken as the census moment since 2001?
A 00.00 hrs of 01 Mar
B 00.00 hrs of 01 Apr
C Sunrise of 01 Apr
D 00.00 hrs of 31 Mar

Answer: 00.00 hrs of 01 Mar
8 Which of the following States has the lowest literacy rate in India?
A Rajasthan
B Bihar
C Chhattisgarh
D None

Answer: Bihar
9 Which state has highest child sex ratio as per 2011 census?
A Manipur
B Haryana
C Mizoram
D None of these

Answer: Mizoram
10 Which of the following is a pivotal element in social sciences?
A Resources
B Coal
C Population
D Petroleum

Answer: Population
11 Name the state of India which is most populous.
A Uttar Pradesh
B Andhra Pradesh
C Goa
D None of these

Answer: Uttar Pradesh
12 What is international migration?
A Movement of people between/among countries
B Movement of people within the country
C Movement of people from one village to another
D Movement of people from urban to urban areas

Answer: Movement of people between/among countries
13 A person aged 7 years and above who can read or write with understanding in any language is treated as
A Literate
B Illiterate
C Immigrant
D Migrant

Answer: Literate
14 What does NPP stand for?
A National Population Policy
B National Population Programme
C National Population Project
D National Population Production

Answer: National Population Policy
15 During which decade did India see a negative population growth?
A 1901-11
B 1931-41
C 1951-61
D 1911-21

Answer: 1911-21
16 Which among the following countries has a better gender ratio than India?
A Bhutant
B Afghanistan
C China
D Pakistan

Answer: Pakistan
17 Next to Delhi, which is the most populated Union Territory in India?
A Daman and Diu
B Andaman and Nicobar
C Puducherry
D Chandigarh

Answer: Puducherry
18 Which of the following statements is/are true?

1. The sex ratio in India is 940.

2. The sex ratio has seen a decline in the past decade.

3. India had the worst sex ratio in 1991 when it was 927.

A 1 and 2 only
B 1 and 3 only
C 2 and 3 only
D All the three

Answer: 1 and 3 only
19 The population of which of the following States is greater than that of Delhi?
A Himachal Pradesh
B Jammu and Kashmir
C Assam
D Uttarakhand

Answer: Assam
20 Who among the following is called as the ‘Father of Demographic Studies’?
A Neil Adger
B Tim Cresswell
C Aryabhatt
D Karl Marx

Answer: Karl Marx
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