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Indian Socio-Economic Indicators

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Indian socio-economic indicators cover vital statistics like literacy rates, forest cover, agricultural dependency, and population growth. These quantitative facts are crucial for general awareness and state-level exams. Test your knowledge of demographic and economic data here.

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Indian Socio-Economic Indicators Questions

Multiple choice management of water uses and limitations of dams air, water and soil management of natural resources biology

Percentage of precipitation that can be stored in dams of India is 

  1. 10

  2. 18

  3. 43

  4. 55
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Percentage of precipitation of rain that can be stored in dams of India is 10%. Dams are used as the reservoir of water for the agricultural, industrial and domestic use. Hydroelectric dams are used to generate electricity using hdropower.

Thus, the correct answer is '10.'

Multiple choice geography biosphere and landscape movement of the earth's plates development of landforms the signature of time study of continents - north america

What percentage of land area is covered by the mountains?

  1. 17%

  2. 43%

  3. 20%

  4. 32%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  • Mountains are the projections from the earth's surface often having a conical peak. Approximately 24% of the land area are covered by mountains in the world. Thus option C ie 20% is the nearest correct option.
Multiple choice population of karnataka geography

The working population of Karnataka is _____.

  1. 55.9%

  2. 69.15%

  3. 60.9%

  4. 67.3%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The working population of Karnataka is $61$%.
The majority of the population, nearly 61% (about 4 crore) live in Karnataka rural part and 39% (about 2 crore) population live in the Karnataka urban part. Rural population density of Karnataka state is 202 and urban population density is 3933 persons per km.

Multiple choice population of karnataka geography

Fill in the blanks
About __________ percent of the population of Karnataka lives in villages.

  1. 60.4

  2. 61.4

  3. 16.4

  4. 62.6
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

According to the 2011 Census, approximately 61.4 percent of the population of Karnataka resides in rural areas.

Multiple choice population of karnataka geography

Fill in the blanks
The percentage of population above 60 years of age in Karnataka is ___________

  1. 5.5%

  2. 4.5%

  3. 6%

  4. 6.5%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Based on demographic data for Karnataka, the percentage of the population aged 60 years and above is approximately 5.5%.

Multiple choice population of karnataka geography

In Karnataka _________ of population lives in rural areas.

  1. 38.6%

  2. 45.5%

  3. 58%

  4. 61.33%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In Karnataka $61.33$% of population lives in rural areas.
Of the 6.10 crore persons enumerated in the State, 3.74 crore reside in the rural areas and 2.36 crore in urban areas. In terms of percentage, 61.33 per cent are rural residents and 38.67 per cent are urban residents.

Multiple choice population of karnataka geography

The percentage of children below 15 years of age in Karnataka is ____________.

  1. 29.7%

  2. 60%

  3. 15%

  4. 6%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

According to census data, the percentage of children below 15 years of age in Karnataka is approximately 29.7%.

Multiple choice population of karnataka geography

In Karnataka _____ of population lives in rural areas.

  1. 38.6%

  2. 45.5%

  3. 58%

  4. 61.4%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Approximately 61.4% of Karnataka's population lives in rural areas, consistent with earlier census findings.

Multiple choice economics the story of village palampur farming and non-farming activities in village non - economic activities economy of a village

______ percent of India's population is living in rural area.

  1. 54

  2. 67

  3. 72

  4. 84

  5. 49
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Rural Population (% of total population) in India was last measured at 67.63 in 2014. According to the World Bank report, rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by National Statistical Offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.