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(1) Who was the Governor-General when first census was held?
[A] Lord Mayo
[B] Lord Dalhousie
[C] Lord Ripon
[D] Lord Minto
Answer: Lord Mayo
(2) What do you understand by Sex ratio?
[A] Number of females per 1000 males
[B] Number of female birth per 1000 male birth
[C] Number of males per 1000 females
[D] Number child birth per 1000 child death
Answer: Number of females per 1000 males

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(3) Which of the following state has largest number of towns in India as per census 2011?
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Gujarat
[D] Maharashtra
Answer: Maharashtra
(4) What does census provides us?
[A] Information regarding resources
[B] Information regarding agricultural income
[C] Information regarding crops
[D] Information regarding population
Answer: Information regarding population
(5) Which of the following statements defines the density of population1?
[A] Number of persons living in a country
[B] Change in the number of inhabitants of a country during a specific period of time
[C] Number of persons living per unit area
[D] Neither of the above
Answer: Number of persons living per unit area
(6) Adolescents are generally grouped in the age group of
[A] 13-19 years
[B] 15-29 years
[C] +60 years
[D] 10-19 years
Answer: 10-19 years
(7) Which of the following is being taken as the census moment since 2001?
[A] 00.00 hrs of 01 Mar
[B] 00.00 hrs of 01 Apr
[C] Sunrise of 01 Apr
[D] 00.00 hrs of 31 Mar
Answer: 00.00 hrs of 01 Mar
(8) Which of the following States has the lowest literacy rate in India?
[A] Rajasthan
[B] Bihar
[C] Chhattisgarh
[D] None
Answer: Bihar
(9) Which state has highest child sex ratio as per 2011 census?
[A] Manipur
[B] Haryana
[C] Mizoram
[D] None of these
Answer: Mizoram
(10) Which of the following is a pivotal element in social sciences?
[A] Resources
[B] Coal
[C] Population
[D] Petroleum
Answer: Population
(11) Name the state of India which is most populous.
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Andhra Pradesh
[C] Goa
[D] None of these
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
(12) What is international migration?
[A] Movement of people between/among countries
[B] Movement of people within the country
[C] Movement of people from one village to another
[D] Movement of people from urban to urban areas
Answer: Movement of people between/among countries
(13) A person aged 7 years and above who can read or write with understanding in any language is treated as
[A] Literate
[B] Illiterate
[C] Immigrant
[D] Migrant
Answer: Literate
(14) What does NPP stand for?
[A] National Population Policy
[B] National Population Programme
[C] National Population Project
[D] National Population Production
Answer: National Population Policy
(15) During which decade did India see a negative population growth?
[A] 1901-11
[B] 1931-41
[C] 1951-61
[D] 1911-21
Answer: 1911-21
(16) Which among the following countries has a better gender ratio than India?
[A] Bhutant
[B] Afghanistan
[C] China
[D] Pakistan
Answer: Pakistan
(17) Next to Delhi, which is the most populated Union Territory in India?
[A] Daman and Diu
[B] Andaman and Nicobar
[C] Puducherry
[D] Chandigarh
Answer: Puducherry
(18) Which of the following statements is/are true?

1. The sex ratio in India is 940.

2. The sex ratio has seen a decline in the past decade.

3. India had the worst sex ratio in 1991 when it was 927.

[A] 1 and 2 only
[B] 1 and 3 only
[C] 2 and 3 only
[D] All the three
Answer: 1 and 3 only
(19) The population of which of the following States is greater than that of Delhi?
[A] Himachal Pradesh
[B] Jammu and Kashmir
[C] Assam
[D] Uttarakhand
Answer: Assam
(20) Who among the following is called as the ‘Father of Demographic Studies’?
[A] Neil Adger
[B] Tim Cresswell
[C] Aryabhatt
[D] Karl Marx
Answer: Karl Marx

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