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    One of the characteristics of India's population is that it has lesser number of women compared to men. Which one of the following explains this phenomenon?
    Solution
    • Gender inequality refers to health, education, economic and political inequalities between men and women in India.
    • However, when India's population is examined as a whole, women are at a disadvantage in several ways.
    • A key factor driving gender inequality is the preference for sons, as they are deemed more useful than girls. Boys are given the exclusive rights to inherit the family name and properties and they are viewed as additional status for their family. 
  • Question 2
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    Which one of the following states is such whose inhabitants are mostly Christians?
    Solution
    • Christianity is the predominant religion of Nagaland.
    • The state's population is 1.988 million, out of which 90.02% are Christians.
    • Today, 94% of the Kuki tribe people living in Nagaland are Christians.
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    Which of the following is the least populous state in the country?
    Solution
    Sikkim is the least populated state in India, which actually became part of India in the year 1975. It is a land locked state, which is surrounded by West Bengal state of India and other neighbouring countries like Bhutan, Tibet and Nepal
  • Question 4
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    Which of the following is a threat to environment?
    Solution
    There are many reasons as to why population growth is seen as a threat to the environment. For example, human populations use up natural resources, omit greenhouse gases contributing to climate change, destroy habitats resulting in loss of biodiversity, and increase air and water pollution levels.
  • Question 5
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    Which of the following states is the second highly populated state of India?
    Solution
    With a union of 29 states and 7 union territories, India is the second most populated country in the whole world. The second highly populated state of India is Maharashtra, after Uttar Pradesh. It has a population density of 112,372,972. However, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal lie at 10th and 4th position respectively.
    Thus, the correct answer is C.
  • Question 6
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    In which year might India overtake China to become the most populous country in the world?
    Solution
    The projections – made by the UN’s Population Division – suggest that by 2024, India will surpass China to become the world’s most populous country.
  • Question 7
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    What do you mean by the term density of population of a country?
    Solution
    • Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and most of the time to humans.
    •  It's a key geographical term.
    • Population density is the number of people living in a particular amount of space, such as a square mile or square kilometer. It is determined by dividing the population of an area by its land area.
  • Question 8
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    According to the $$2001$$ Census, the density of population in India was ______ persons per sq. km.
    Solution
    According to the 2001 Census , the density of population in India was 324 persons per sq.km, which means that now 57 more people live in a square kilometer area in the country than the number that lived a decade ago. At the beginning of the twentieth century i.e in 1901 the density of India was as low as 77 and this steadily increased from one decade to another to reach 324 in 2001. The persons living in per sq.km. has increased by 21.3 per cent in 2001 as compared to 1991.
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    Among the following, the only state having a sex ratio of above 1,000 is ____.
    Solution
    • Kerala with 1084 females for every 1000 males has the highest sex ratio .
    • Sex ratio is used to describe the number of females per 1000 of males. 
    • In the Census of 2011, it was revealed that the population ratio is 943 females per 1000 of males.
    • The major cause of the decrease of the female birth ratio in India is considered to be the violent treatments meted out to the girl child at the time of the birth.
    • The sex ratio in India was almost normal during the phase of the years of independence, but thereafter it started showing gradual signs of decrease.
  • Question 10
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    Working population includes those persons who fall in the age group of ______________.
    Solution
    The working age population is defined as those aged 15 to 64. The basic indicator for employment is the proportion of the working age population aged 15-64 who are employed. The age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents (people younger than 15 or older than 64) to the working-age population.
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