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

State with the highest female population as per 2011 census is ______.

  1. Kerala

  2. Himachal Pradesh

  3. Uttar Pradesh

  4. Andhra Pradesh

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sex ratio denotes the number of females per 1000 males. As per census 2011, Kerala has the highest sex ratio I.e., 1084 females per 1000 males.

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

What is the sex ratio of Kerala?

  1. $1001$ females for every $1000$ males
  2. $821$ females per $1000$ males
  3. $861$ females per $1000$ males
  4. $1058$ females per $1000$4 males
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Kerala is known for having one of the highest sex ratios in India, consistently exceeding 1000 females per 1000 males. The provided option D contains a typo in the number but is the only one reflecting the correct trend.

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

Which State or Union Territory of India has the lowest literacy?

  1. Bihar

  2. Arunachal Pradesh

  3. Manipur

  4. Nagaland

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In India the lowest literacy rate is found in Bihar. Literacy rate in Bihar as per census 2011

Total Literacy rate  - 63.82%
Male Literacy  rate - 73.39%
Female Literacy rate - 53.33%

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

Live births per 1000 population per year is called _______.

  1. Live birth rate

  2. Birth rate

  3. Crude birth rate

  4. New population rate

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The birth rate is the total number of live births per thousand of a population in a year or period. The birth rate is used to calculate population growth of a country.

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

Sex-ratio means __________________.

  1. The relation between male and female

  2. The ratio between the number of adult male and adult female in a population

  3. The ratio between number of female and number of male in a population

  4. The number of females per 1000 males in a population

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Sex ratio is the number of females present per 1000 males in an area. Sex ratio of India according 2011 census is 940 females per 1000 males. Kerala state of India has highest sex ratio.

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

The composition of a population in terms of the proportions of individuals of different ages is called ____________.

  1. Age structure

  2. Population density

  3. Population dynamics

  4. Youth bulge

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The composition of a population in terms of the proportions of individuals of different ages is called age structure. It divides population among the ages like the number of individuals aged 0–4, 5–14, 15–29, 30–44, 45–59, 60–69, over 70.

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

In a fast-growing population with a high proportion of young people representing younger ages at the bottom and older ages at the top is called ___________.

  1. Triangle shaped age structure

  2. Inverted triangle

  3. Both A and B

  4. None

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In a fast-growing population with a high proportion of young people representing younger ages at the bottom and older ages at the top will have triangle shaped age structure because young people who are represented at the bottom are more in number than that of the old aged individuals in a growing population.