Previous year MCQs

Census UPPSC 2010 GS-I
Question

The minimum percentage of population below the poverty limit is recorded in

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Goa

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Goa”.
Goa has the least percentage of people living below the poverty line at 5.09 per cent followed by Kerala (7.05 per cent).

Similar Questions:

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List-I List-II
(Authors) (Works)

A. Bankim Chandra Chatterji - 1. Anand Math
B. Michael madhusudan Das - 2. Captive Lady
C. Ravindra Nath Tagore - 3. Gora
D. Sarojini Naidu 4. The Broken Wing

Codes:
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 2 3 4 1
  3. C) 1 4 2 3
  4. D) 4 1 3 2
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
Which one of the following States of India has the highest rural literacy rate?
  1. A) Maharashtra
  2. B) Manipur
  3. C) Goa
  4. D) Gujarat
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists
List-I List-II
(Monuments) (Builders)

A) Alai Darwaja Delhi - 1. Alauddin Khalji
B) Buland Darwaja Fatehpur Sikri - 2. Akbar
C) Moti Masjid, Agra - 3. Shahjahan
D) Moti Masjid, Delhi - 4. Aurangzeb

Codes:
A B C C
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 3 2 1 4
  3. C) 4 1 2 3
  4. D) 1 4 3 2
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
List-I List-II
(Disease) (Cause)

A. Marasmus - 1. Prolonged Starvation
B. Kwashiorkor - 2. Protein Deficiency
C. T.B. - 3. Bacterial Infection
D. Hepatitis B - 4. Viral Infection
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 2 1 3 4
  3. C) 4 2 3 1
  4. D) 2 4 1 3
Today the largest contributor to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is:
  1. A) China
  2. B) Japan
  3. C) Russia
  4. D) U.S.A.
Which of the following State has the lowest density of population as per the Census of 2011?
  1. A) Himachal Pradesh
  2. B) Arunachal Pradesh
  3. C) West Bengal
  4. D) Mizoram
The Indian citizen who has been honoured with Ramon Magasaysay award for the year 2009 is:
  1. A) Bhimsen Joshi
  2. B) Deep Joshi
  3. C) Indira Sinha
  4. D) Pankaj Srivastava
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
Which one of the following is the correct ranking of states on the basis of population size?
  1. A) Bihar, M.P, U.P, Maharashtra
  2. B) M.P., U.P., Bihar, West Bengal
  3. C) U.P, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal
  4. D) Bihar, U.P, West Bengal, Maharashtra
In India, the most decadal growth in urban population (in percentage) has been found:
  1. A) Between 1961-71
  2. B) Between 1971-81
  3. C) Between 1981-91
  4. D) Between 1991-2001
Consider the following statements:

Assertion (A) : River Damodar was known as "River of Sorrow" in west Bengal prior to the development of the Damodar Valley Corporation.
Reason (R) : Damodar in its upper reaches flows rapidly and in its lower reaches it runs too sluggishly.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes
  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.