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प्रश्न
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Literacy and education
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उत्तर
- The proportion of literate population of a country is an indicator of its socio-economic development.
- It reveals the standard of living, social status of women, availability of educational facilities, etc.
- The level of economic development is both, a cause and a consequence of literacy rate.
- Every country has its own definition of literacy. In India, literacy rate denotes the percentage of population above 7 years of age, which is able to read, write and has the ability to do arithmetic calculation with understanding
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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.
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?
Answer the following question in about 30 words.
Why do some states of India have higher rates of work participation than others?
What is the significance of age-structure?
Why is sex ratio in some European countries recorded favourable to females? Give one reason.
Which state has the highest sex ratio?
According to the UNO, how many countries have sex ratio favourable for females?
Table: India-Class-wise number of towns and cities and their population, 2011
| Class | Population Size | Number of Cities | Total Urban Population (in thousands) | % of Total Urban Population |
| I | 1,00,000 & more | 568 | 2,27,899 | 60-45 |
| II | 50,000-99,999 | 474 | 41,328 | 10-96 |
| III | 20,000-49,999 | 1,373 | 58,174 | 15-43 |
| IV | 10,000-19,999 | 1,683 | 31,866 | 8-45 |
| V | 5,000-9,999 | 1,749 | 15,883 | 4-21 |
| VI | less than 5,000 | 424 | 1,956 | 0-52 |
Source: Census of India-2011 and India 2017, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.
Which class town has the maximum urban population?
Which group is also known as post-reproductive group?
Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
