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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.
Complete the chain
| Sr. No. | A | B | C |
| 1. | Expansive age pyramid | Low birth-death rate | High medical expenses |
| 2. | Constrictive age pyramid | Human capital | Unwillingness |
| 3. | Stationery age pyramid | Low number of old people | Demographic dividend |
| 4. | High working population | Problem of subsistence | Developed country |
| 5. | Migration due to drought | High number of old people | Economically backward |
What is the significance of age-structure?
What does the literacy rate denote for India?
Which one of the following reflected by Age-Sex pyramid?
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?
Consider the following statements and choose the ones which are correct.
- The world population on an average shows a sex ratio of 102 males per 100 females.
- According to UN, there are only 72 countries that have a favourable sex ratio for females.
- The sex ratio is lowest in Qatar.
Which group is also known as post-reproductive group?
Draw neat, labelled diagram:
Stationary pyramids
Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
