Demogrpahics in India - MCQs with answers - Part I
1. Which year is called the 'demographic divide' in India?a) 1881
b) 1901
c) 1921
d) 1951
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) 1921
1921 census shows negative growth rate.
a) 1901-1921
b) 1921-1951
c) 1951-1981
d) 1981-2001
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) 1951-1981
It was fertility induced growth period.
a) Chhattisgarh
b) Karnataka
c) Kerala
d) Odisha
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Kerala
Kerala is the state with maximum sex ratio followed by Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Odisha.
a) Chandigarh
b) Delhi
c) Haryana
d) Punjab
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Haryana
Haryana is the state with minimum sex ratio followed by Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Chandigarh.
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Bihar
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Uttar Pradesh
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of Scheduled Castes followed by West Bengal, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
a) Haryana
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Punjab
d) Uttar Pradesh
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Punjab
Punjab has the highest percentage of SCs in their population followed by Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana.
a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Maharashtra
d) Orissa
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh has the highest Scheduled Tribe population followed by Maharashtra, Orissa, Gujarat, Rajasthan.
a) Assam
b) Bihar
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Orissa
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh is the least urbanized state followed by Bihar, Assam and Orissa.
a) Chandigarh
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh with 95.4% has the highest percentage of Hindus followed by Chhattisgarh with 94.7%, Orissa with 94.4%, Uttar Pradesh with 80.6%, Maharashtra with 80.4% and Chandigarh with 78.6%.
a) Goa
b) Manipur
c) Meghalaya
d) Nagaland
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Nagaland
Nagaland with 90% has the highest percentage of Christians followed by Mizoram with 87%, Meghalaya with 70.3%, Manipur with 34% and Goa with 26.7%.
