Multiple choice

The growth of population in India was negative in which one of the following Censual Decades?

  1. 1901 to 1911

  2. 1911 to 1921

  3. 1971 to 1981

  4. None of the above
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The 1911-1921 decade experienced negative population growth due to the devastating impact of the influenza pandemic, World War I, and associated famines that claimed millions of lives. All other census decades showed positive population growth rates.

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