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

Working population includes those persons who fall in the age group of ___________.

  1. 6-14 years

  2. 0-15 years

  3. +60 years

  4. 15-59 years
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Working population is nothing but the people engaged in a productive work which earns them the wages to live. Working population includes those persons who fall in the age group of 15-59 years.

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

A worker according to the Census of India is a person who works for _____ in a year?

  1. 180 days

  2. 183 days

  3. 186 days

  4. 189 days
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Working population is nothing but the people engaged in a productive work which earns them the wages to live. In order to classify a person as worker, by census of India, he should at least work for 183 days.

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

Child sex ratio is taken for the children falling under the age group of _____.

  1. 0-5 years

  2. 1-5 years

  3. 0-6 years

  4. 2-6 years
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Sex ratio is the number of females present per 1000 males in an area. Child sex ratio is the number of girl children for 1000 boys under age of 0-6 years.

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

Highest child sex ratio is seen in __________.

  1. Mizoram

  2. Manipur

  3. Assam

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

Sex ratio is the number of females present per 1000 males in an area. Child sex ratio is the number of girl children for 1000 boys under age of 0-6 years. According to 2011 census, child sex ratio is recorded highest in Mizoram which is 971 per 1000 boys.

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

Graphical representation of the total population of a country, males and female population ratio and old and young people ratio is classified as __________.

  1. Population density pyramid

  2. Population pyramid

  3. Resource pyramid

  4. Population characteristics pyramid
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Graphical representation of total population of a country, male and female population ratio and old and young people ratio is classified as population pyramid. There are different types of it which include:

  • Stationary pyramid: in such countries, people of all the ages are present more or less equally.
  • The expansive pyramid is wide at younger ages and narrows at older ages.
  • The constrictive pyramid is narrow at the bottom, which means younger people are less in number.

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 supported by the definition of a town as per the census of India?

  1. Population density of 400 persons per sq km.

  2. Presence of municipality, corporation, etc.

  3. More than 75% of the population engaged in primary sector.

  4. Population size of more than 5,000 persons.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

As per the census of India, an urban town is defined as a place which has a population density of 400 persons per sq km, more than 50% of the population should be engaged in agriculture and size of the population should be more than 5000. The mere presence of municipality does not make it a town according to the census of India.

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

Tool used to measure distribution of population is called _________.

  1. Population intensity

  2. Population density

  3. Death rate

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

Tool used to measure distribution of population is called population density. Population density is defined as the number of people present per square kilometre. Population density of India according to 2011 census is 382 persons per square kilometres.