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प्रश्न
Write a short note on literacy rate.
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उत्तर
- The literacy rate shows the proportion of literate people in the country. The people who can read and write are called literate people.
- Every country has different norms for deciding literacy. Those who can read, write, and do arithmetic calculations in India are called literate.
- Literacy in the country is essential to eradicate poverty and for social, economic, and political development.
- The literacy rate in the country depends upon the cost of education, the standard of living, the status of women in society, the availability of educational facilities and government policy, etc.
- In general, the literacy rate of males is more than females, with few exceptions.
- The literacy rate is more than 90% in most developed countries of Europe, North America, Australia, etc.
- Lowest literacy rate is in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A: Assertion: Increase in the dependency ratio will affect the economy.
R: Reasoning: Medical costs are high when there are more elderly in the population.
Answer in detail:
Explain the rural and urban population structure.
Ratio of males and females in the population is ______.
Observe the following graph and answer the question given below:
Questions:
- Which pyramid(s) represent(s) a country with high medical expenditure?
- Which pyramid(s) represent(s) a country with a large manpower?
- In which pyramid(s) the number of old people will be the least?
- What is the reason of the broad shape of A pyramid?
- Why C pyramid looks vertical in shape?
What does the literacy rate of a country indicate?
Triangular shaped Pyramid refers to ______.
Which of the following programs sponsored by the central government aims at enabling the rural population to conserve water for drinking, irrigation, fisheries and afforestation?
Observe the following graph and answer the question given below.
- Which region has the highest literacy rate?
- Which region has the lowest literacy rate?
- In which region does women fare better than men in literacy rate?
- Write a concluding paragraph about the graph.
- What does this graph tells us?
"India is a land of linguistic diversity." Support the statement.
Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
