Population Day - Quiz

1. What percentage of World’s population lives in India?
   -17.5%

2. At the present rates of population growth of India and China, by which year is India likely to overtake China as the world’s most populous country?
   -2030

3. What was the mascot of Census 2011?
   -Female Enumerator

4. After Census 2011 India become _____ most populous country in the World?
   - 5th

5. During which decade did India see a negative population growth?
   -1911-21

6. The combined population of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra is bigger than that of the.....
   - USA

7. Which among the following is the least populated state in India?
   - Sikkim

8. Which state has the has the lowest population growth rate?
   - Nagaland

9. Which state in India has the lowest number of females in comparison to males?
   - Haryana

10. Which state/UT has the highest density of population?
   - Delhi

11. Which among the following countries has a better gender ratio than India?
   - Pakistan

12. As per the findings of Tendulkar Committee on Poverty , India’s poverty rate is estimated at____of the total population?
   - 37.2%

13. What is the overall literacy rate of India as per 2011 census?
   - 74.04%

14. The literacy rate has gone up from 64.83 per cent in 2001 to _____ per cent in 2011 showing an increase.
   - 74.04%

15. Next to Delhi, which is the most populated Union Territory in India?
   - Puducherry

16. What is the natural increase for a country if it has a birth rate of 14 and a death rate of 10.
   - 0.4

17. Which of the following States has the lowest literacy rate in India?
   - Bihar