Census and Its Components

Q. Which of the following statements are true regarding the census?

1. Census provides information about the temperature
2. The process of understanding pressure over sea
3. The process of counting of citizens once in 10 years
4. Derived from the word 'censere'

Q. What is "census"?

1. Counting number of people in schools
2. Issuing of voting cards to citizens periodically
3. Official enumeration of population done periodically
4. Censoring the people of the country

Q. After how many years does the census take place in India?

1. 10 years
2. 15 years
3. 11 years
4. 9 years

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What is NPR number in driving licence?

Q. The census report contains a lot of information related to a person like the name, age, mother tongue. Who among the following is/are responsible to collect all the information and maintain it?

1. Traffic police
2. Transportation ministry
3. Registrar General
4. Census Commission

Q. If the world's population was 1000 in the year 2011, then according to the 2011 Census report, how many people resided in India?

1. 30
2. 350
3. 175
4. 17.5

Q. In India, the population census is held once everyyears.

1. five
2. ten
3. eleven

Q. When was the first complete synchronous census held around the same time in all parts of India?

1. 1881

Q. Which of the following information does the government collect from a census questionnaire.

1. Religion
2. Occupational
   status
3. Current marital
   status
4. Literacy status
5. Ancestral
   property
6. Mother tongue
7. Name
8. Age at marriage

Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true (as per 2011 Census)?

1. Madhya Pradesh is the most populated state in India.
2. Indian census held in 2011 was the 15th Census.
3. The first census was held in India in 1872.
4. Census in India happens in every 11 years.