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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 civics population and settlement education, healthcare and human resource development concepts of individualism and society individual and society

Which of the following is not correct regarding India's literacy?

  1. Literacy rate has gone up to 74% from 65%

  2. Kerala has the highest literacy rate

  3. Bihar has the lowest literacy rate

  4. Men outnumber women in literacy growth rate
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Among the given options the correct ones are: 
  • Literacy rate has gone up to 74% from 65%, Kerala has the highest literacy rate and Bihar has the lowest literacy rate.
  • The only option which states that Men outnumber women in growth literates is not true because literacy growth rate of women is higher when compared to men.

Multiple choice civics population and settlement education, healthcare and human resource development concepts of individualism and society individual and society

 According to 2011 census, the literacy rate among men in India is _______.

  1. 82.14%

  2. 84.14%

  3. 85.14%

  4. 86.14%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Literacy is traditionally meant as the ability to read and write. In modern time literacy include the ability to use language, numbers, images, computers and other basic things to understand, communicate and gain useful knowledge. According to census 2011, the literacy rate of India is found to be 74.04%. The male literacy rate is 82.14% and the female literacy rate is 65.46%.

Multiple choice civics population and settlement education, healthcare and human resource development concepts of individualism and society individual and society

According to 2011 census, the literacy rate among women in India?

  1. 65.46

  2. 66.46

  3. 67.46

  4. 62.46
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

According to 2011 census literacy rate of India was 74.04%. Highest female literacy rate is seen in Kerala. Kerala also has a record of highest overall literacy rate. The female literacy according to 2011 census in Kerala is 91.98%.

Multiple choice geography asia india and her neighbours india and other countries some neighbouring countries of india and its relationship with them

What percentage Asia has out of the total area of the World _____________.

  1. 26.20%

  2. 35.20%

  3. 30%

  4. 20.90%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Asia has out of the total area of the World 30%.
Asia shares the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe and the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa. Asia covers an area of 44,579,000 square kilometres (17,212,000 sq mi), about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area.

Multiple choice economics rural development in india basics of rural development meaning and importance of rural development agriculture sector

As per the 2011 census (provisional data), about _______ of India's population lives in urban areas.

  1. 31%

  2. 21%

  3. 11%

  4. 41%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

  • An urban area is also called as a city which has, most of the population with non-agricultural occupations.
  • According to the data provided by the census of 2011, the percentage of Indian population living in urban areas is 31%.

Multiple choice rural development poverty rural economics economics

Fill in the blanks from the alternatives given.
According to the World Bank Report _________% of India live below poverty line.

  1. 40

  2. 50

  3. 30

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Historical World Bank reports have often cited high poverty estimates for India, with 40 percent being a commonly referenced figure in older academic contexts.

Multiple choice social science poverty : challenge facing india programmes for poverty eradication poverty as a challenge poverty: an economic challenge for india public health and the government constraints in economic development of rajasthan

What is the approximate percentage of population living Below Poverty Line in India?

  1. 50.9%

  2. 62.3%

  3. 17.1%

  4. 27.5%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

As per the Census report, the percentage of population living Below Poverty Line is 27.5%.

Multiple choice political science village panchayats panchayati raj panchayati raj institution rural local self-governments introduction to local self-government local self governing bodies community and community development our district physical geography of rajasthan

What percent of reservation has been provided to women in the police force in Gujarat?

  1. 25

  2. 28

  3. 30

  4. 33
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Gujarat had increased women’s quota to 33 percent in local self-government institutions and created 33 percent posts in the police force for women.