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Demographic Attributes

Question
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Define Literacy rate. How is it related to the growth rate of population ?

Solution

It is number of literate people per hundred. The growth of population is lower in the literate population. 

Question
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i. Mention  two differences between tribes and non - tribes. 

ii. How is the government trying to improve the life of the tribal communities ? 

Solution

i. The tribe has primitive way of living and resides near by forest. While the non tribes has modern way of living and resides in towns or cities. 
ii. The Goverment has undertaken several projects to improve the life of the tribal communities like :
-The tribal development Block Project at block level
-Small farmers Development Agency

Question
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i. What is meant by sex ratio ? State the sex ratio in India according to 2001 census ?

ii. Mention any four factors which account for the low sex ratio in India. 

Solution

i. The number of females per 1000 males in the population. The sex of India is 933 females per 1000 males.
ii. i. Preference of male child over female. 
ii. Lack of institutional delivery.
iii. Societal problems like dowry
iv. Female foeticide  

Question
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On what basis are races differentiated from each other ? Which racial group is found in the North - Eastern states in India ? Where did they originate from ? 

Solution

Races are differentiated on the basis of Stature, colour of Skin, forehead, hair, nose and jaws. Mongoloids racial group is found in North - Eastern States of India. They originated from China.