Indian Geography UPPSC 2005 GS-I
Question

Which among the following factors are responsible for sex-ratio in India? Select the correct answer from the code given below:

(1) High maternity death rate
(2) High female child death rate
(3) Female foeticide
(4) Birth of more male children than female children

Code:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: 1, 2, 3 and 4

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “1, 2, 3 and 4”.

All of these factors contribute to the skewed sex ratio observed in the country.

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Assertion (A): The size of population and its composition are responsible for the social change.

Reason (R): The fertility of occupational groups in which the wives engage more generally in gainful occupations, is lower than that of other groups in the same economic category.

Codes:
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  2. Booth A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. A is true but R is false
  4. A is false but R is true
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  2. Sirocco-Sicily
  3. Blizzard-Chile
  4. Norwesters(kalbaisakhi)-India
Which one of the following States does not form border with Bangladesh:
  1. Meghalaya
  2. Tripura
  3. Manipur
  4. Mizoram
Which of the following iron and Steel plants is not close to the raw material area?
  1. Jamshedpur
  2. Rourkela
  3. Durgapur
  4. Salem
Central institute of Indian languages is located at of the following places?
  1. Varanasi
  2. Mysore
  3. New Delhi
  4. Shimla
The largest Union Territory of India is:
  1. Daman and Diu
  2. Puducherry
  3. Delhi
  4. Chandigarh
Which one of the following cities does not have the Special Economic Zone:
  1. Chennai
  2. Kandla
  3. Kochi
  4. Surat
Correct arrangement of 1/2, 2/5, 3/8, 7/13 in ascending order is
  1. 1/2 2/5 3/8 7/13
  2. 3/8 2/5 1/2 7/13
  3. 1/2 3/8 2/5 7/13
  4. 1/2 2/5 7/13 3/8
Centre for DNA finger-printing is located at
  1. New Delhi
  2. Bangalore
  3. Pune
  4. Hyderabad
Lava soils are found in:
  1. Chhattisgarh Plain
  2. Saryupar Plain
  3. Malwa Plateau
  4. Shillong Plateau
Which one of the following states does not-form part of the Chota Nagpur plateau?
  1. Madhya Pradesh
  2. Jharkhand
  3. Orissa
  4. West Bengal
Teak and Sal are the products of-
  1. Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests
  2. Tropical Evergreen Forests
  3. Tropical Thorn Forests
  4. Alpine Forests