Gender and Special Population Groups Questions and Answers

Answer: D

The overall sex ratio of India in the 2011 Census is 940 females per 1,000 males.

The census counted 943 females for every 1,000 males, which is the figure of the provisional totals and is rounded to 940 in the option. It was the highest sex ratio recorded since 1971, up from 933 in 2001.

The values 820 and 840 are far too low for the country as a whole and are nearer the figures for some individual districts. The figure 920 is below the real value by more than 20 points. So 940 is the only one near the census figure.

Answer: A

In descending order of child sex ratio the States are Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Maharashtra and Gujarat, that is (iv), (iii), (i), (ii).

The 2011 Census gave Andhra Pradesh the highest child sex ratio (0-6 years) of the four, about 939 girls per 1,000 boys. Manipur was next at about 930, then Maharashtra at about 894 and Gujarat at about 890.

The second option puts Gujarat first, and the third option puts Manipur above Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat before Maharashtra in the wrong places. The fourth option lists (iv) twice, so it cannot be a valid order. Only the first one matches the census figures.

Answer: D

A fall in the gender gap from 22 to 17 points means that female literacy rose faster than male literacy, so both are probably improving at different rates, as the key gives. If both had risen at the same rate the gap would not have narrowed.

The statement that female literacy has improved is true but incomplete, because the gap alone does not prove it. It cannot be said that male literacy dropped, since a gap can narrow while both increase.

Answer: D

Housing policy is not an indicator used for measuring women's empowerment. Policy is something done by government and is not a measure of the position of women themselves.

Land ownership, education and working status are indicators of the access women have to resources, knowledge and income, and are the usual measures, so they are not the answer.