Question

_______ comprises 80% of the population in India.

• A. Hindus
• B. Muslims
• C. Chirstians
• D. Jains

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Hindus

Hindus comprises 80% of the population in India. In 2001 census, out of 1028 million population , little over 827 million ( 80.5%) are followers of Hindu religion, 138 million ( 13.4%) as Muslims or the followers of Islam, 24 million (2.3%) as Christians, 19 million ( 1.9%) as Sikh, 8 million (0.80%) as Buddhist and 4 million (0.4%) are Jain. Hinduism is professed by the majority of population in India. The Hindus are most numerous in 27 states/ Uts except in Manipur , Arunachal Pradesh , Mizoram, Lakshadweep , Nagaland , Meghalaya , Jammu & kashmir and Punjab.