Previous year MCQs

Census UPPSC 2002 GS-I
Question

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:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: A is true but R is false.

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “A is true but R is false.”.
India's urban population is around 37.7 crores, the United States population is estimated to be about 3.36 crores.

India had an urbanization rate of 1.34% in 2021.

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Choose the correct answer with the help of the following codes:
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  2. B) 4, 1, 3, 2
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1) Andhra Pradesh
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  2. B) 4, 3, 2, 1
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