Previous year MCQs

Census UPPSC 2001 GS-I
Question

Which of the following statements is not true as per 1991 Census?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Class IV towns had the highest number of urban centres

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Class IV towns had the highest number of urban centres”.
1) According to the 2011 Census of India, the states with the largest urban populations were: Maharashtra > Uttar Pradesh > Tamil Nadu.

2) According to the 2011 census, Goa was the most urbanized state in India with 62.17% of its population living in urban areas.

4) According to the 2011 Census of India, Class I cities, which are defined as cities with a population of 100,000 or more, had 70.2% of the country's urban population, despite making up only 7.6% of the total number of towns.

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Who was the first woman among the following to become the Prime Minister of a country in the world?
  1. A) Benazir Bhutto
  2. B) Indira Gandhi
  3. C) Margaret Thatcher
  4. D) Srimavo Bandarnaika
Consider the following statements with regard to Uttar Pradesh as per the census report 2011 and select the correct answer from the code given below:

1. It is the most populous State of India.
2. It has 16.5% of India's Population over less than 7.3% area of the country.
3. Its decadal population growth rate is lower than the national average.
4. Its literacy rate is higher than the national average.

Code:
  1. A) 1 and 2
  2. B) 2 and 3
  3. C) 2 and 4
  4. D) 3 and 4
What percentage of the education budget under 9th Five Year Plan has been allocate to primary education?
  1. A) 33 per cent
  2. B) 37 per cent
  3. C) 47 per cent
  4. D) 58 per cent
Assertion (A): A black hole is an astronomical entity that cannot be seen by telescope.
Reason (R): The gravitational field on a black hole is so strong that it does not allow even light to escape.

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
Which one of the following is not an explosive?
  1. A) Trinitrotoluene
  2. B) Trinitroglycerine
  3. C) Cyclotrimethylene Trinitramine
  4. D) Nitrochloro chloroform
Which of the following is/are used as bio-fertilisers? Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

1. Azolla
2. Blue Green Algae
3. Alfalfa
4. Nitrolim

Codes:
  1. A) 1 and 2
  2. B) 1, 2 and 4
  3. C) 2, 3 and 4
  4. D) 1, 2 and 3
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  1. A) Tibet
  2. B) Arunachal Pradesh
  3. C) Sikkim
  4. D) Kerala
The missing numbers in the following series: 4,18,8,14,12,10......are:
  1. A) 6, 16
  2. B) 16,6
  3. C) 8, 6
  4. D) None of the above
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
The lowest fertility rate in the world is that of:
  1. A) China
  2. B) Italy
  3. C) Sweden
  4. D) U.S.A
Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List-I (Forest) - List-II (Region)

A. Tropical moist deciduous - 1. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Tropical dry deciduous - 3. Middle Ganga Plain
C. Alpine - 2. Sahyadris
D. Tropical wet evergreen - 4. Tarai

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 4 3 1 2
  2. B) 4 2 1 3
  3. C) 1 3 2 4
  4. D) 3 1 4 2
In which year was the first regular Census held in India ?
  1. A) 1921
  2. B) 1881
  3. C) 1911
  4. D) 1931