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11.

Which one of the following States in India recorded the highest percentage of decadal growth of population during 2001-2011 ?

  • Maharashtra

  • West Bengal

  • Uttar Pradesh

  • Arunachal Pradesh


12.

Which one of the following groupsb of states in India recorded more than 40% of urban population as per 2011 census ?

  • Maharashtra , Tamil Nadu , Gujarat 

  • Puducherry, Goa , Nagaland 

  • Goa , Mizoram , Sikkim

  • Maharashtra , Rajasthan , Tripura


13.

Which one of the following groups of states of India was ranked as top three States in proportion of Scheduled Tribes population to total population according to census 2011 ?

  • Mizoram , Bihar , Rajasthan

  • Lakshyadweep , Mizoram , Nagaland

  • Nagaland , Rajasthan , Jharkhand 

  • Madhya Pradesh , Nagaland , Jharkhand


14.

Which one of the following group of States recorded Santhal tribe population as per census of India , 2011 ? 

  • Bihar , Odisha , Andhra Pradesh

  • Gujarat , Bihar , Rajasthan

  • Bihar , Jharkhand , Maharashtra

  • Jharkhand , Odisha , West Bengal


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15.

Which one of the following Union Territories was the most urbanized one in 2011 ?

  • Daman and Diu

  • NCT of Delhi

  • Pondicherry

  • Lakshadweep


16.

Which one of the following Total Fertility Rate is required to maintain the world's  existing population ?

  • 3.4

  • 2.1

  • 1.2

  • 4.2


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17.

Which one of the following is not included in the Ravenstein's Laws of Migration ?

  • Most migrants proceeds step by step

  • Most migrants go for short distance.

  • Most migrants move from Urban to Rural areas.

  • Most migrants are adults.


C.

Most migrants move from Urban to Rural areas.

Ravenstein's Law of Migration :

1.Most migrants move only a short distance.

2.There is a process of dispersion, which is the inverse of absorption.

3.Each migration flow produces a compensating counter-flow.

4.Females are more migratory than males.

5.Economic factors are the main cause of migration.

6.Natives of towns are less migratory than those from rural areas.


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18.

Cephalic Index, used to classify human races is calculated as :

  • Ratio between the length and breadth of the nose.

  • Ratio between the flatness and length of the head.

  • Ratio between breadth and length of the head.

  • Ratio between the length of the head and weight of the human body.


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19.

ASSERTION (A) : Population growth rate(2001-2011) was high for Bihar as compared to Uttar Pradesh.

REASON (R) : Growths rate of population is the outcome of births minus deaths of a place.

  • Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). 

  • Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). 

  • (A) is true , but (R) is false.

  • (A) is false, but (R) is true.


20.

The decadal growth rate of Indian population between 2001 and 2011 census was :

  • 16.64%

  • 17.64%

  • 18.64%

  • 19.64%


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