Previous year MCQs

Census UPPSC 1998 GS-I
Question

The population of four states in the country in descending order is:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh”.
Uttar Pradesh > Maharashtra > Bihar> West Bengal > Andhra Pradesh

Similar Questions:

Assertion (A): All cities are growing rapidly.
Reason (R): The rural-urban stream is ever rising.

Now, select the correct answer from 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 Rare 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
As per 2001 2011 census the female literacy rate in Uttar Pradesh is
  1. A) 56.36%
  2. B) 57.18
  3. C) 67.68
  4. D) 77.28
Assertion (A): The Indian National Congress accepted the Mountbatten plan.
Reason (R): It believed in two nation theory.

Select the correct answer from 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
The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora represent only:
  1. A) Buddhists
  2. B) Buddhists and Jains
  3. C) Hindus and Jains
  4. D) Hindus, Buddhists and Jains
The population of Uttar Pradesh exceeds the total population of each country of one of the groups of each country of one of the groups given below:
  1. A) Germany, France, Indonesia, Brazil
  2. B) Japan, Russia, Brazil, Nigeria
  3. C) U.K., Germany, Japan, Pakista
  4. D) U.K., U.S.A., Japan, Bangladesh
The Indian State having more females compared to males in the last census is:
  1. A) Kerala
  2. B) Tamil Nadu
  3. C) Uttar Pradesh
  4. D) Himachal Pradesh
The first Official Languages commission under the provisions of Article 344 of the Constitution was set up in:
  1. A) 1950 with K. M. Munshi as Chairman
  2. B) 1955 with B. G. Kher as Chairman
  3. C) 1960 with M. C. Chagla as Chairman
  4. D) 1965 with Humayun Kabir as Chairman
The above figure contains three squares with areas of 100 m2, 16 m2 and 49 ml lying side by side. By how much should the area of the middle square be reduced in order that the total length PQ of the resulting three squares is 19 m?
  1. A) 2 m
  2. B) 2 m2
  3. C) 4 m2
  4. D) 12 m2
Arrange the following States of India in descending order of their population-size and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Bihar
3. Maharashtra
4. West Bengal

Codes:
  1. A) 4,3,2,1
  2. B) 1,2,4,3
  3. C) 3,2,4,1
  4. D) 3,1,2,4
Today the migrant population as percentage of total population is the highest in:
  1. A) Australia
  2. B) Guyana
  3. C) U.A.E.
  4. D) Saudi Arabia
The maternal mortality rates in Asia are the highest in:
  1. A) Bangladesh
  2. B) India
  3. C) Afghanistan
  4. D) Nepal
According to 2001 census the district having highest sex ratio in U.P. is
  1. A) Azamgarh
  2. B) Deoria
  3. C) Jaunpur
  4. D) Pratapgarh