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General Awareness - 8 (DSSSB Grade II)

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Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

  1. The decade of 2001 to 2011 is the first decade post-independence India, which added the least number of people to the country's population.
  2. The state of Bihar showed the highest decadal growth rate in between the years 2001 to 2011.
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Neither 1 nor 2
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Statement 1 is correct: According to the Census of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, the decade of 2001 to 2011 is the 1st decade in post-independence India, which added the least number of people to the country's population. The percentage of decadal growth in the nation, for the first time, showed a decrease by 3.90 % since, the present Census of India 2011 has registered the rate to be 17.64 % from the rate of 21.54 % in the earlier Census conducted in the year 2001.
Statement 2 is also correct: The state of Bihar showed the highest decadal growth rate (25.10%) while the state of Nagaland registered the lowest growth rate (- 0.50%) in between the years 2001 to 2011.

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