Census 2011: Top Questions ( MCQ)
1. What was the
population density of India in 2011?
a) 282 per sq km
b) 382 per sq km
c) 482 per sq km
d) 582 per sq km
Answer: b) 382
per sq km
The population
density of India in 2011 was 382 per sq km.
2. Which ministry
of the Indian government is responsible for conducting the decennial Census?
a) Ministry of
Finance
b) Ministry of
Health
c) Ministry of
Home Affairs
d) Ministry of
Education
Answer: c)
Ministry of Home Affairs
The responsibility
of conducting the decennial Census rests with the Office of the Registrar
General and Census Commissioner, India under the Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India.
3. What is the
highest post for Census Organisation in India?
a) Office of the
Census Commissioner
b) Registrar
General of India
c) Director of
Census Operations
d) Census Officer
Answer: b)
Registrar General of India
The highest post
for Census Organisation is the post of Office of the Registrar General and
Census Commissioner, India
4. Which Union
Territory had the highest population according to the 2011 Census?
a) Delhi
b) Lakshadweep
c) Puducherry
d) Chandigarh
Answer: a) Delhi
According to
census 2011 Most Populated Union Territories is
Delhi with 1.67 Crore.
5. Which state
had the least population according to the 2011 Census?
a) Arunachal
Pradesh
b) Sikkim
c) Mizoram
d) Tripura
Answer: b) Sikkim
Least Populated
States Sikkim (6 Lakh).
6. Which Union
Territory had the least population according to the 2011 Census?
a) Lakshadweep
b) Andaman and
Nicobar Islands
c) Daman and Diu
d) Dadra and
Nagar Haveli
Answer: a)
Lakshadweep
Least Populated
Union Territories Lakshadweep (64, 000).
7. Which state
had the highest decadal growth rate according to the 2011 Census?
a) Bihar
b) Meghalaya
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Jharkhand
Answer: b)
Meghalaya
States With
Highest Decadal Growth Rate Meghalaya (+27.9%).
8. Which state
had the lowest growth rate according to the 2011 Census?
a) Nagaland
b) Goa
c) Tripura
d) Manipur
Answer: a)
Nagaland
States With
Lowest Growth Rate Nagaland (-0.47%).
9. Which Union
Territory had the highest growth rate according to the 2011 Census?
a) Lakshadweep
b) Andaman and
Nicobar Islands
c) Daman and Diu
d) Dadra and
Nagar Haveli
Answer: d) Dadra
and Nagar Haveli
Union Territories
With Highest Growth Rate Dadra and Nagar Haveli (+55.5%).
10. Which Union
Territory had the lowest growth rate according to the 2011 Census?
a) Lakshadweep
b) Andaman and
Nicobar Islands
c) Daman and Diu
d) Dadra and
Nagar Haveli
Answer: a)
Lakshadweep
Union Territories
With Lowest Growth Rate Lakhadweep (-6.3%).
11. What was the
population density of India in 2011?
a) 282 per sq km
b) 382 per sq km
c) 482 per sq km
d) 582 per sq km
Answer: b) 382
per sq km
The population
density of India in 2011 was 382 per sq km.
12. What was the
decadal growth rate of India according to the 2011 Census?
a) 15.72%
b) 16.72%
c) 17.72%
d) 18.72%
Answer: c) 17.72%
According to
census 2011, the decadal growth of of India a 17.72 percent.
13. Which state
had the highest population density according to the 2011 Census?
a) Bihar
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) West Bengal
d) Maharashtra
Answer: a) Bihar
Bihar has the
highest population density with a density of 1106/sq km.
14. Which state
had the highest population density among all states and UTs in both the 2001
and 2011 Census?
a) Delhi
b) Chandigarh
c) Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: a) Delhi
Delhi (11,320) is
the most densely inhabited and is followed by Chandigarh (9,258), among all the
states and UT’s, both in 2001 and 2011 Census
15. What was the
population density of Arunachal Pradesh according to the 2011 Census?
a) 27/sq km
b) 37/sq km
c) 47/sq km
d) 17/sq km
Answer: d) 17/sq
km
Arunachal Pradesh
has a minimum population density with a density of only 17/sq km.
16. What was the
sex ratio of the country in 2011?
a) 930 females
per 1000 males
b) 940 females
per 1000 males
c) 950 females
per 1000 males
d) 960 females
per 1000 males
Answer: b) 940
females per 1000 males
The sex ratio of
the country in 2011 stands at 940 females against 1000 males.
17. What was the
increase in sex ratio from the last census to the 2011 Census?
a) 7%
b) 8%
c) 9%
d) 10%
Answer: d) 10%
The sex ration is
10 percent more than the last census when the sex ratio stood at 933.
18. Which state
had the worst male-female sex ratio according to the 2011 Census?
a) Haryana
b) Punjab
c) Rajasthan
d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: a)
Haryana
Haryana has the
worst male-female sex ratio among all states. The number of females per 1000
males in Haryana in 2011 stands at 879 followed by Jammu and Kashmir (889)
19. What was the
number of females per 1000 males in Jammu & Kashmir in 2011?
a) 879
b) 889
c) 899
d) 909
Answer: b) 889
The number of
females per 1000 males in Jammu & Kashmir in 2011 stands at 889.
20. Which state
had the highest sex ratio according to the 2011 Census?
a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Karnataka
Answer: a) Kerala
States With
Highest Sex Ratio is Kerala with 1084 females per 1000 males.
21. Which Union
Territory had the lowest sex ratio according to the 2011 Census?
a) Lakshadweep
b) Daman and Diu
c) Andaman and
Nicobar Islands
d) Puducherry
Answer: b) Daman
and Diu
Union Territories
With Lowest Sex Ratio Daman & Diu wit 618.
22. Which Union
Territory had the highest sex ratio according to the 2011 Census?
a) Delhi
b) Chandigarh
c) Puducherry
d) Haryana
Answer: C)
23. 2011 Census
was with Edition of Census carried out in India?
A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
D. 16
Answer: C
24. How many
Census have been carried out in Independent India?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
Answer: C
25. What
percentage of the world's population does the Indian population amount to?
A. 10%
B. 15%
C. 17.5%
D. 20%
Answer: C
26. What was the
increase in the Indian population from 2001 to 2011?
A. 10.7%
B. 15.7%
C. 17.7%
D. 20.7%
Answer: C
27. Which state
has the highest percentage of rural population according to Census 2011?
A. Punjab
B. Himachal
Pradesh
C. Gujarat
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer: B
28. What
percentage of the Indian population resides in urban areas?
A. 31.2%
B. 40%
C. 50%
D. 68.8%
Answer: A
29. What was the
decadal growth in the male population from 2001 to 2011 in India?
A. 90.97 million
B. 90.99 million
C. 181.96 million
D. 200 million
Answer: A
India’s total
population stands at 1.21 billion, which is 17.7 percent more than the last decade.
The population growth of females was greater than that of males. The male
population rose by 90.97 million, while the female population rose by 90.99
million females. India’s population grew by 17.7 percent during the decade of2001-11
30. Which state
recorded the highest decadal growth in population according to Census 2011?
A. Rajasthan
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Maharashtra
D. Bihar
Answer: D
31. Which state
has the highest population according to Census 2011?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Maharashtra
C. Bihar
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer: A
32. What is the
population of Maharashtra according to Census 2011?
A. 10 crores
B. 11 crores
C. 12 crores
D. 13 crores
Answer: B
Who was the first citizen to be enumerated in India-2011 census?
A. President
B. Prime Minister
C. Chief Minister
D. Governor
Answer: A. President
India-2011 was started on 1st April 2010 with President being the first citizen to
be enumerated.
What was the slogan of census 2011 in India?
A. India Counts
B. Our Future, Our Census
C. Census for All
D. One Nation, One Census
Answer: B. Our Census, Our Future
The slogan of census 2011 was ‘Our Census, Our future’.
Who was the Census Commissioner of India for the year 2011?
A. C. Chandramouli
B. R. K. Verma
C. Ramesh Negi
D. K. Vijay Kumar
Answer: A. C. Chandramouli
C. Chandramouli was the Census Commissioner of India 2011.
Which state had the lowest population density according to the Census 2011?
A. Sikkim
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Mizoram
D. Nagaland
Answer: B. Arunachal Pradesh
State with the lowest population density accordign to Census 2011 is Arunachal
Pradesh.
Which state had the lowest literacy rate as per the 2011 Census of India?
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Bihar
C. Rajasthan
D. Jharkhand
Answer: B. Bihar
state of India which has lowest Literacy rate as per the 2011 Census is Bihar,
with a literacy of 63.82%
Kerala retained its position by being on top with a 93.91 per cent literacy rate,
closely followed by Lakshadweep (92.28 per cent) and Mizoram (91.58 per cent)
What was the literacy rate of India as per the 2011 Census?
A. 62.03%
B. 68.9%
C. 74.04%
D. 80.01%
Answer: C. 74.04%
Literacy rate of India as per the 2011 census is 74%.
The literacy rate in the country is 74.04 per cent, 82.14 for males and 65.46 for
females
Which tribal group was the most populous in India as per the Census 2011?
A. Bhil
B. Gond
C. Santhal
D. Oraon
Answer: A. Bhil
Bhil is the most populous tribal tribal group of India as per census 2011.
Which language was the second most spoken language in India as per the
Census 2011?
A. Hindi
B. Bengali
C. Telugu
D. Marathi
Answer: B. Bengali
Bengali is the second most spoken language in India as per census 2011.
According to the 2011 Indian Census, the Hindi language is the most spoken
language in India, having 52.83 crore speakers and 43.63 per cent of the
population speaking this language.
According to the Census of 2011, which state had the highest number of tigers in
India?
A. Karnataka
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Kerala
Answer: B. Madhya Pradesh
According to the census of 2011,Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of
tigers in India which is 526
What was the slogan of Census 2011?
Our Census, Our Future.
Who was the Census Commissioner of India 2011?
C. Chandramouli.
Which state has the lowest population density according to Census 2011?
Arunachal Pradesh.
Which state has the lowest literacy rate as per the 2011 Census?
Bihar, with a literacy rate of 63.82%.
What is the literacy rate of India as per the 2011 Census?
74%.
Which is the most populous tribal group of India as per Census 2011?
Bhil.
Which is the second most spoken language in India as per Census 2011?
Bengali.
Which state has the highest number of tigers in India as per Census 2011?
Madhya Pradesh, with 526 tigers.
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