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WBCS MAIN PAPER III : GEOGRAPHY - CENSUS OF INDIA

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1. Which one of the following States has got highest literacy rate on the basis of 2011 Census?

(A) Mizoram (B) Manipur (C) Kerala (D) Tripura

2. In which state of India Toda tribes are found?

(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Bihar (C) Sikkim (D) Jharkhand

3. According to the 2011 Census, which Indian state has the highest proportion of elderly people (aged 60 and above)?

(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala (C) Punjab (D) Maharashtra

4. Which state has the highest percentage of scheduled tribes in India?

(A) Odisha (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Chhattisgarh o) Mizoram

5. Which state in India has the highest population density in the 2011 census?

(A) Maharashtra (B) West Bengal (C)Bihar (D) Uttar Pradesh

6. According to the Census of India, 2011, in West Bengal, the highest sex ratio was found in the district of

(A) Hooghly. (B) Darjeeling. (C) Birbhum. (D) Murshidabad.

7. Density of population density in India according to 2001 Census is

(A) 340 persons/sq. km. (B) 370 persons/sq. km.(C) 324 persons/sq. km. (D) 380 persons/sq. km.

8. Which state in India has the lowest population according to the 2011 Census?

(A) Sikkim (B) Mizoram (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Goa

1.Which State ot India has the lowest percentage of its total area under forests?

(A) dammu Kashmir (B) Haryana (C) Bihar (D) Tamil Nadu

2.Which of the following regions does have the highest population density as per 2011 Census'?

(A) The Ganga Delta (B) The Brahmaputra Delta (C) The Punjab Plain (D) The Upper Ganga Plain

3.The smallest Union Territory of India in terms of area is

(A) Chandigarh (B) Lakshadweep (C) Puducherry (D) Daman & Diu

4.Out of the total 7 Union Territories of India which one is the biggest in terms of area?

(A) Delhi (B) Dadar (C) Puducherry (D) Andamans

5. In which stage of Demographic Transition Model India belongs to?

(A) First stage (B) Second stage (C) Third stage (D) Fourth stage

6. Which of the following State has the maximum number of towns according to Census of India, 2011?

(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Maharashtra (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh

7. The main worker, according to the Census of India, is a person who works for at least how many days in a year?

(A) 180 Days (B) 181 Days (C) 182 Days (D) 183 Days

8. Which one of the following tribes in India has no contact with the outer world?

(A) Sentinelese (B) Gond (C) Toto (D) Apatani

9. Arrange the following religion of India according decreasing order of number as per Census of India, 2011:

(A) Christian, Sikh, Buddha, Jains

(B) Sikh, Buddha, Christian, Jains

(D) Jains, Christian, Sikh, Buddha

10. Which ethnic group first entered into India?

(A) Negrito (B) Proto Australoid (C) Mongoloid (D) Nordic

11. Which of the following States has three mega cities now?

(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) West Bengal (C) Gujarat (D) Maharashtra

12. Jharkhand ranks third after which one of the following group of States in the availability of coal reserve in India?

(A) West Bengal and Chhattisgarh

(B) Odisha and Chhattisgarh

(D) Chhattisgarh and Karnataka

13. According to the Census of India, 2011, the highest urbanization took place in which of the following States?

(A) Maharashtra (B) Goa (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Kerala

14. Arrange the following religion of India according decreasing order of number as per Census of India, 2011:

(A) Christian, Sikh, Buddha, Jains

(B) Sikh, Buddha, Christian, Jains

(D) Jains, Christian, Sikh, Buddha

15 . As per the latest census, the least populous Union Territory (UT) of India is

(A) Lakshadweep (B) Daman & Diu (C) Dadra & Nagar Haveli (D) Andaman & Nicobar

16. Which of the following States has three mega cities now?

(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) West Bengal (C) Gujarat (D) Maharashtra

17. Which ethnic group first entered into India?

(A) Negrito (B) Proto Australoid (C) Mongoloid (D) Nordic

18. According to the Census of India, 2011, the highest urbanization took place in which of the following States?

(A) Maharashtra (B) Goa (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Kerala

193. In India, the decade known as the ‘period of population explosion’ is

20. ______ is also called the ‘Year of Great Demographic Divide’ in India.

1.The average annual growth rate of India’s population for 1990-99 was

(A) 2.2%

(B) 2.0%

(D) 1.6%

2.When was the first Census carried out in India?

(A)1851

(B) 1861

(D) 1881

1.According to the Census Department of Government of India, a class III urban place have a population between

(A) 10000 - 19999

(B) 20000 - 49999

(D) None of the above

2.In India which of the following criteria applied in defining a town has varied from census to census in recent decades ?

(A) Density of population

(B) Total population

(D) Working population

3.Which of the following States in India is passing through the stage of Demographic Transition which entails low fertility and low mortality ?

(A) Assam

(B) Haryana

(C) Punjab

(D) Tamil Nadu

4.Who in census of India applied the 'ternary diagram' for the functional classification of towns in India ?

(A) P. Podmanabha

(B) A. R. Nanda

(C) Ashok Mitra

(D) Chandrasekhar

1.According to the Census of India, 2011 the sex ratio of West Bengal is ——

(A) 947 (B) 948 (C) 938 (D) 958

2.The HDI of India for the year 2017 is

(A) 0.635 (B) 0.640 (C) 0.645 (D) 0.650

3.—— census year recorded a negative growth rate of -0.31 in India. ,

4. In the year —— the first.Census of India was conducted.

5. According to the Census of India 2011, the child sex-ratio of India is ——

(A) 920 (B) 914 (C) 941 (D) 921

6.According to Census of India, 2011 the crude birth rate of the country is —— per thousand.

(A) 25.8 (B) 23.8 (C) 26.8 (D) 21.8

7. —— state of India has more females in number than males a sex-ratio of 1084/1000 according to the Census of India, 2011.

(A) Karnataka (B) West Bengal (C) Kerala (D) Orissa

8.—— state has the highest literacy rate among the north-eastern states of India.

(A) Mizoram (B) Nagaland (C) Manipur (D) Tripura

9.According to the Census Department of Government of India, a class Ill urban place have a population between —— .

(A) 10,000 to 19,999 (B) 20,000 to 49,999 (C) 50,000 to 99,999 (D) None of the above

1.The first census in India was held in the year of

(A) 1881 (B) 1872 (C) 1892 (D) 1891

2.Bulk of the Indian population is constituted by the racial group of

(A) The Proto Australoids (B) The Mediterraneous (C) The Mongoloids (D) The Negritos

3.As per the census of India (2011) the state having the highest number of urban population is

(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Maharashtra (C) Tamil Nadu (D) West Bengal

1.Population density of India as on 2011 is -

(A) 372 person per square km.

(B) 382 person per square km.

(D) 352 person per square km.

1.According to the census 2011, India has what percentage of the total population of the world ?

(A) 16.64% (B) 17.64% (C) 18.64% (D) 19.64%

2.Which one of the following is not the part of the definition of a town as per the census of India ?

(A) Population density of 400 persons per Sq. Km.

(B) Presence of Municipality Corporation etc.

(D) Population size of more than 5000 persons

3.The Zones and Strata theory pertaining to the origin and diffusion of human races was propounded by

(A) Ripley (B) Taylor (C) Huntington (D) Baker

4.Which one of the following Union Territories has the highest literacy rate ?

(A) Chandigarh (B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (C) Daman and Diu (D) NCT of Delhi

5.Which one of the following states recorded the lowest literacy in 2011 ?

(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Assam (C) Jharkhand (D) Odisha

6.between 2001 and 2011, India's population has increased by

(A) 161 Million (B) 171 Million (C) 181 Million (D) 191 Million

7.Which one of the following statements is incorrect ?

(A) Kerala has the highest literacy rate in India

(B) Lakshadweep has the second highest literacy rate in the country

(C) Bihar has recorded the lowest female literacy rate

(D) Jammu and Kashmir has the literacy rate below the national level

8.Arrange the literacy rates of the following States in descending order -

(a) Kerala (b) Mizoram (c) Tripura (d) Goa

Code:

(A) a, b, d, c (B) a, b, c, d (C) a, d, b, c (D) a, d, c, b

1.Which year is considered as a year of great divide in the-demographic history of India ?

2.According to 2011 census, literacy rate in India is

(A) 64.83 percent (B) 65.46 percent

(C) 74.04 percent (D) 82.14 percent

3.Highest scheduled caste population is found in

(A) West Bengal (B) Mizoram (C) Tripura (D) Haryana

4.Which one of the following states has the lowest sex ratio in 2011 ?

(A) Punjab (B) Haryana (C) Sikkim (D) Jammu and Kashmir

5.In 2011, the number of one million cities in India was :

(A) 23 (B) 32 (C) 35 (D) 42

6.Which state or union territory of India has recorded the highest rate of population growth in the last census (2011) ?

(A) Punjab (B) Kerala (C) Dadar and Nagar Haveli (D) Pondichery