Previous year MCQs

Census UPPSC 2003 GS-I
Question

In which state of India, the sex ratio is more than 1000:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Kerala

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Kerala”.
Kerala has a sex ratio of 1084 females per 1000 males, and Puducherry has 1038 females for every 1000 males.

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Which one of the following provisions of the Indian Constitution deals with the appointment and dismissal of the Council of Ministers:
  1. A) Article 70
  2. B) Article 72
  3. C) Article 74
  4. D) Article 75
In India the highest decadal growth rate of population during 1991-2001 2001-2011 was recorded in:
  1. A) Bihar
  2. B) Meghalaya
  3. C) Sikkim
  4. D) Uttar Pradesh
The total fertility rate in India is the highest in:
  1. A) Andhra Pradesh
  2. B) Bihar
  3. C) Tamil Nadu
  4. D) Uttar Pradesh
Assertion (A): India's Urban Population exceeds the total population of the USA.
Reason (R): India has made a spectacular growth in urbanisation.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Code:
  1. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct Explanation of A.
  2. B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  3. C) A is true but R is false.
  4. D) A is false but R is true.
Consider the following cities on the Western coast of India:

1. Janjira
2. Kannur
3. Nagarcoil
4. Sindhudurg

The correct sequence of these cities from North to South is:

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 2 1 3 4
  3. C) 1 2 4 3
  4. D) 1 4 2 3
According to census 2001 2011, the second most populous state of the country is:
  1. A) Bihar
  2. B) Bengal
  3. C) Maharashtra
  4. D) Rajasthan
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given below:

Assertion (A): The natural environment is clean
Reason(R): Human activities cause environ-mental pollution.

Code:
  1. A) Both A and R are correct arid R is the correct explanation of A
  2. B) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. C) A is correct but R is wrong
  4. D) A is correct but R is correct
In Uttar Pradesh the largest concentration of population is found in
  1. A) Agra district
  2. B) Allahabad district
  3. C) Ghaziabad district
  4. D) Kanpur Nagar district
As per the 2001 census the most urbanised State of India is:
  1. A) Goa
  2. B) Kerala
  3. C) Maharashtra
  4. D) Tamil Nadu
The Indian athlete who won a bronze medal at the world Championship in Paris in August 2003, was:
  1. A) Anju B.George
  2. B) Madhuri Singh
  3. C) Neelam J. Singh
  4. D) Sunita Rani
As per 2001 2011 census three major States of India in respect of population are:
  1. A) Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal
  2. B) Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar
  3. C) Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal
  4. D) Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Decade - Decadal growth rate of population (in percent)

(A) 1971-81 - (1) 24.66
(B) 1981-91 - (2) 23.87
(C) 1991-2001 - (3) 21.54
(D) 2001-2011 - (4) 19.05
  1. A) A
  2. B) B
  3. C) C
  4. D) D