Census : Imp Facts

Group D, NTPC, BPSC, Railway, NDA & UPSC

👉 First census in the world? Top MCQ

👉 First Decadal census? ह िंदी+Eng

👉 First census of India?

👉 Increase in India’s population?
👉 First census of Independent India?
Q.1.
Where in the world was the first census conducted in a
modern and systematic manner?
हिश्व में आधुहिक पद्धहि और व्यिस्थिि ढिं ग से सिवप्रथिम
जिगणिा क ािं हुई िी?

a) India • In 1749
b) Israel
c) USA
d) Sweden
Option : D
Q.1.
Where was the first decadal census conducted in the
world?
हिश्व में सिवप्रथिम दशकीय जिगणिा का कायव क ािं हुआ िा?

a) USA • In 1890
b) Sweden
c) India
d) United Kingdom
Option : A
Q.1.
When was the first census conducted in British India?
हिहिश भारि में प ली जिगणिा कब हुई िी?

a) 1890
b) 1870
c) 1872
d) 1881
Option : C
Q.1.
During whose tenure was the first census conducted in
British India?
हिहिश भारि में प ली जिगणिा हकसके कायवकाल में हुई िी?

a) Lord Mayo
b) Lord Ripon
c) Lord Wellesley
d) None of the above
Option : A
Q.1.
In whose tenure did the serial estimation of population
at an interval of every 10 years begin?
प्रथत्ये क 10 िर्व के अिंिराल पर जिसिंख्या का क्रमिार आकलि
हकसके कायवकाल में शुरू हुआ?
a) Lord Mayo • In 1881
b) Lord Ripon
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Lord Huntington
Option : B
Q.1.
Which census of India took place since 1872 in 2011?

a) 11th
b) 14th
c) 15th
d) 17th
Option : C
Q.1.
Census 2011, which is the census of independent India?
2011 की जिगणिा, स्वििंत्र भारि की कौि सी जिगणिा ै?

a) 15th
b) 7th
c) 9th
d) 17th
Option : B
Q.1.
The population of India is what percent of the world
population?
भारि की जिसिंख्या हिश्व जिसिंख्या की हकििे प्रथहिशि ै?

a) 15.5% • 2.4% of world’s area

• The population of India
b) 12.5% (121.05 crore) is equal to the
combined population of the
c) 16% United States, Indonesia,
Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh
d) 17.5% and Japan (121.43 crore).
Option : D
Q.1.
What is the increase in the population of India from
2001 to 2011?
भारि की जिसिंख्या में 2001 से 2011 के दौराि हकििी िृस्द्ध हुई
ै?

a) 18.18 crore • 19.5 crore increase in Brazil –

the most in the world
b) 19 crore
c) 19.5 crore
d) 20.19 crore
Option : A
Q.1.
“State of World Population Report” is released by?
“स्टे ि ऑफ़ िर्ल्व पॉपुलेशि ररपोिव ” हकसके द्वारा जारी की जािी
ै?

a) United Nations General Assembly

b) United Nations Population Fund
c) Food & Agriculture Organization
d) World Economic Forum
Option : B
Q.1.
According to the UNFPA report, the population of India
has grown by what percent on an average between
2010 and 2019?

a) 2.1%
• Double from China
b) 3.1%
c) 1.1%
d) 2.5%
Option : A
Q.1.
Which of the following is the state has negative
population growth is according to Census 2011?
2011 की जिगणिा के अिुसार हिम्न में से हकस राज्य की
जिसिंख्या िृस्द्ध ऋणात्मक ै?
a) Kerala • Nagaland’s population
growth rate is – 0.58%.
b) Nagaland
c) Goa
d) Tamilnadu
Option : B
Q.1.
According to Census 2011, which state has the highest
population growth rate?
2011 की जिगणिा के अिुसार हकस राज्य की जिसिंख्या िृस्द्ध
दर सिावहधक ै?

a) Meghalaya • Meghalaya’s population

growth rate (27.95%) has been
b) Madhya Pradesh the highest in all the states.

c) Bihar
d) Chhattisgarh
Option : A
Q.1.
Which of the following state has the lowest population
growth rate?
हिम्नहलस्िि में से हकस राज्य की जिसिंख्या िृस्द्ध दर सबसे कम ै?

a) Goa • Kerala’s population growth

rate is the lowest (4.91%)
b) Himachal Pradesh among all states

c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Kerala
Option : D
Q.1.
According to Census 2011, which union territory has the
lowest population growth rate?
2011 की जिगणिा के अिुसार हकस केंद्र शाहसि प्रथदे श की
जिसिंख्या िृस्द्ध दर सबसे कम ै?

a) Lakshadweep • Lakshadweep’s population

growth rate is the lowest
b) Delhi
in all Union Territories of
c) Andaman 6.30%.
d) Chandigarh
Option : A
 Imp Facts Census 2011
• The State in India with the largest rural population ? – Uttar Pradesh
• The State in India with the highest urban population ? – Maharashtra
• The rural population of India comprises ? – 68.84%
• The literacy rate of India ? – 74.04%
• Literacy rate among women in India ? – 65.46%
• Literacy rate among men in India ? – 82.14%
• Union Territory of India with lowest literacy Percentage growth in 2001-2011
is 17.64; males 17.19 and females 18.12.

• Percentage growth in 2001-2011 is 17.64; males 17.19 and females 18.12.

• The number of women per 1,000 men in India is ? – 940
• The percent of urban population in total population in India ? – 31.36%
• The Census Commissoner, under whose guidance the 2011 Census has
been conducted ? – Dr C Chandramauli
• Child sex ratio – 914:1000 (lowest since independence)
• Least population density – Debang valley (Arunachal) & Chamba valley
(J&K) = state with lowest density – Arunachal, Highest – Bihar
• Highest child sex ratio – Mizoram
• Lowest child sex ratio – Haryana
• Mascot of 2011 Indian Census ? – A Woman enumerator
• The slogan of Census 2011 was ? – Our census, our future
• “Year of Great Divide” in the demographic history of India ? – 1921
• Along with the highest sex ratio, Kerala also has the dubious distinction
of highest ? – Greying population
• The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Constitute – 16.2% and
8.2%
• Prior to 2011 the caste census was last conducted in the year ? – 1931
• The First Registrar General and Census Commissioner of Independent
India was ? – MWM Yeatts
• The First Indian Registrar General and Census Commissioner of
Independent India was ? – R A Gopalaswamy
• Highest density – Delhi
• Highest ST population – Mizoram
• Lowest ST population – Goa
• Highest SC population – Punjab
• Hindu – 79.8%, Muslim – 14.2% , Christians – 2.3% , Sikh – 1.7%
• State with Lowest population – Sikkim
• Main worker according to the Census of India is a person who works for
how many days in a year ? – 183 days
• The population density of India? – 382
• What was the estimated cost of Census 2011? – 22 billion rupees

• 2001-2011 is the first decade (with the exception of 1911-1921) which

has actually added lesser population compared to the previous decade.
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