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6. THE PEOPLE

1 MARK QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

1. What is the time gap between two census? (AS1)
A. Ten years.
2. Who organises the collection and recording of census
information? (AS1)
A. The Registrar General & Census Commission of India.
3. When was taken the first census in India? (AS1) lesson related videos
A. In India the first census was taken in 1872.
4. In which year the first complete census was taken in India?(AS1)
4. In which year the first complete census was taken in India?(AS1)
A. The first complete census, however was taken in 1881.
5. What is the India’s population as of 2011? (AS4) / (AS1)
A. India’s population as of 2011 is 121,05,69,573 (1210 millions).
6. What are the categories grouped in the population? (AS1)
A. The population of a nation is generally grouped into 3 broad
categories.
1.Children (0-15 years) Children (0-15 years)
2.Working Age (15-59 years)
3.Aged (Above 59 years)
7. What is the importance of working age population? (AS6)
1.Who are in the age group 15-59 are working people.
2.They have to protect family.
3.Children and aged people have depend on the working age.
Working age (15-59 years)
8. What is sex ratio? (AS1)
1.Sex ratio is the number of females per 1000 males in the population.
2.Sex ratio in India as per 2011 census: 943
3.Sex ratio in AP - 1000:993.
9. What is a Literate? (AS1)
A. Literate means a person aged above 7 years who can read, write
and understand a language. Aged (above 59 years)
10. What is Literacy rate? (AS1)
A. The number of literates per every 100 persons in the population is
A. The number of literates per every 100 persons in the population is 1 Kilometre
known as literacy rate.
1 Sq Kilometre
11. Why the population is called as dynamic? (AS1)
A. Population is dynamic, because of the 3 processes: 1. Births, 2. Density of
Deaths 3. Migrations. 1 Kilometre population = People 1 Kilometre
12. What is ‘Birth rate’ and Death rate? (AS1) living per one
square Kilometre
1.Birth rate is the number of live births per thousand persons in a year.
2.In 1992 the birth rate in India was 29.
1 Kilometre
3.Death rate is the number of deaths per thousand persons in a year.
13. What is Population density? (AS1)
1.People living per one square kilometer is called density of population.
2.Density of population in India in 2011 was 382 persons per sq km.
14. What is Infanticide? (AS1)
1.Killing of an infant especially new born.
15. Write two slogans on population control. (AS6)
1. Small family is the ideal family.
2. “We two, ours one” and One or none.
16. Write two slogans on gender equality. (AS6)
1.Who is a man? Who is a woman? Are we not one? THE PEOPLE PROJECT
2.Treat equally either boy or girl. WORK 1 PDF

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