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  • Question 1
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    According to the census of 2001 the highest literacy rate was recorded in the state of __________.
    Solution

    •  According to the Census 2001, as many as 560,687,797 persons in the country are literate. Of these 336,533,716 are males and 224, 154,081 are females.
    •  While the overall literacy rate works out to be 64.8 %, the male literacy rate is 75.3% and that for females is 53.7%, showing a gap of 21.6 percentage points between the sexes at the national level. The gap is more in the rural areas.
    • Kerala, Mizoram, Lakshadweep, Goa and Chandigarh occupy the top five positions in literacy .
    •     The literacy rates for rural population are the highest in Kerala, followed by Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Goa, and Delhi. Fourteen (14) States / Uts have recorded less than 60 percent rural Literacy rate.

  • Question 2
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    The growth of population and development of industries can lead to _________.
    Solution
    • Urbanization is a population shift from rural to urban areas, "the gradual increase in the  proportion of people living in urban areas", and the ways in which each society adapts to the change.
    •  It is predominantly the process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more people begin living and working in central areas
    • In future it is estimated 93% of urban growth will occur in developing nations, 
    •  This unprecedented movement of people is forecast to continue and intensify during the next few decades, mushrooming cities to sizes unthinkable only a century ago.
  • Question 3
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    The highest density of population in 2011 was in __________.
    Solution
    • The records of population density 2011 of India state that the density 2011 has increased from a figure of 324 to that of 382 per square kilometer. Bihar is the most thickly populated state (1106 persons/sq km.) followed by west bengal-1028 and Kerala 860.
  • Question 4
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    One of the components of population growth is ______.
    Solution
    One of the components of population growth is Age composition.
    Age composition is the composition of different age groups of the population in certain groups.For example, there are three age groups they are :- 1.Children(0-14 yrs) 2.Working population (15-59) 3.Aged (60 and above)
  • Question 5
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    Number of females per 1000 males in the population is called _______.
    Solution
    Number of females per 1000 males in the population is called sex ratio.
    The sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. In most sexually reproducing species, the ratio tends to be 1:1. This tendency is explained by Fisher's principle. For various reasons, however, many species deviate from anything like an even sex ratio, either periodically or permanently.
  • Question 6
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    The highest sex ratio in 2011 was recorded in the state of ____________.
    Solution
    • Sex ratio is used to describe the number of females per 1000 of males. In the Population Census of 2011 it was revealed that the population ratio in India 2011 is 943 females per 1000 of males.
    •  The Sex Ratio 2011 shows an upward trend from the census 2001 data. ... 1, Kerala, 1084, 964, 1058, 960.
    • As per details from Census 2011, Kerala has population of 3.34 Crores, an increase from figure of 3.18 Crore in 2001 census. Total population of Kerala as per 2011 census is 33,406,061 of which male and female are 16,027,412 and 17,378,649 respectively. In 2001, total population was 31,841,374 in which males were 15,468,614 while females were 16,372,760. 
  • Question 7
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    The second most populous country in the world is _____.
    Solution
    •  India has the second largest population in the world with 1,231,990,000 (over than 1.2 billion)
    •  India’s population is 17.3% of the entire world population.
    •  India and China together consist of 26.4% of the total human population.
  • Question 8
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    Number of years that an average person survives is called ________.
    Solution
    Number of years that an average person survives is called Life expectancy.
    Life expectancy, often abbreviated to LEB, is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, its current age and other demographic factors including gender. The most commonly used measure of life expectancy is at birth, which can be defined in two ways.
  • Question 9
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    The age group of 15-59 is called ______ age.
    Solution
    • The age-group, which contributes to the growth of the national income, is 15-59 (in some cases the upper limit is more), which is also called working age).
    • 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. 
    • This indicator is measured as a percentage of population.
  • Question 10
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    The union territories in India that has better sex-ratio in the year 2001 is ______.
    Solution
    The union territories in India that has better sex-ratio in the year 2001 is Pondicherry.
    The district has a population density of 3,231 inhabitants per square kilometre (8,370/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 28.73%. Puducherry has a sex ratio of 1,031 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 86.13%.
    State: Puducherry.
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