1. What is the total population of India as per Census 2011?
A) 1.03 billion
B) 1.21 billion
C) 1.35 billion
D) 1.50 billion
✅ Answer: B) 1.21 billion
2. Which Indian state has the highest population according to Census 2011?
A) Maharashtra
B) Bihar
C) West Bengal
D) Uttar Pradesh
✅ Answer: D) Uttar Pradesh
3. Which Indian state has the lowest population density?
A) Sikkim
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Nagaland
D) Mizoram
✅ Answer: B) Arunachal Pradesh
4. The sex ratio in India according to Census 2011 is:A) 1000 females per 1000 males
B) 943 females per 1000 males
C) 940 females per 1000 males
D) 920 females per 1000 males
✅ Answer: C) 940 females per 1000 males
5. Which state has the highest literacy rate in India?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Kerala
C) Goa
D) Himachal Pradesh
✅ Answer: B) Kerala
6. The age group of the working population is:
A) 0–14 years
B) 15–59 years
C) 60+ years
D) 10–19 years
✅ Answer: B) 15–59 years
7. What is population density?
A) Number of people in a country
B) Number of houses per sq. km
C) Number of people per sq. km
D) Number of families in a village
✅ Answer: C) Number of people per sq. km
8. Which one of the following is not a factor of population change?
A) Birth rate
B) Death rate
C) Migration
D) Longitude
✅ Answer: D) Longitude
9. When was the first complete census conducted in India?
A) 1872
B) 1881
C) 1947
D) 1951
✅ Answer: B) 1881
10. The decadal growth rate of population is calculated every:
A) 5 years
B) 7 years
C) 10 years
D) 12 years
✅ Answer: C) 10 years
11. What percentage of India’s population is literate as per Census 2011?
A) 70.5%
B) 60.3%
C) 74.04%
D) 80.2%
✅ Answer: C) 74.04%
12. What is the most important factor for population growth in India?
A) High death rate
B) Low birth rate
C) High birth rate
D) High literacy
✅ Answer: C) High birth rate
13. Migration can be: A) Only rural to urban
B) Only international
C) Both internal and international
D) Only urban to rural
✅ Answer: C) Both internal and international
14. What is the main reason for migration from rural to urban areas in India?
A) Better education
B) Medical facilities
C) Employment opportunities
D) Weather conditions
✅ Answer: C) Employment opportunities
15. Which age group is considered the adolescent population?
A) 0–10 years
B) 10–19 years
C) 20–29 years
D) 60+ years
✅ Answer: B) 10–19 years
16. Who is responsible for conducting the census in India?
A) Election Commission
B) Planning Commission
C) Registrar General and Census Commissioner
D) NITI Aayog
✅ Answer: C) Registrar General and Census Commissioner
17. In which decade did India experience the highest population growth?
A) 1951–1961
B) 1971–1981
C) 1981–1991
D) 2001–2011
✅ Answer: B) 1971–1981
18. Which of the following states has a very low sex ratio?
A) Kerala
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Haryana
D) Tamil Nadu
✅ Answer: C) Haryana
19. Which of the following factors does not affect the distribution of population?
A) Soil fertility
B) Water availability
C) Literacy rate
D) Religious practices
✅ Answer: D) Religious practices
20. The working population is engaged mainly in which type of activity in India?
A) Tertiary
B) Secondary
C) Quaternary
D) Primary
✅ Answer: D) Primary