2008 General Studies, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2008 · General Studies

Question 109: Economy and Social Development

Among the following, which one has the minimum population on the basis of data of Census of India, 2001?

aChandigarh
bMizoram
cPuducherry
dSikkim

AnswerThe answer is (d).

Among the four, Sikkim had the smallest population in Census 2001, about 5.4 lakh. Mizoram had about 8.9 lakh, Chandigarh about 9 lakh and Puducherry about 9.7 lakh. Sikkim is also the least populous of the Indian States as a whole.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Chandigarh had about 9 lakh people.
  • (b) Mizoram had about 8.9 lakh people.
  • (c) Puducherry had about 9.7 lakh people.
  • (d) Sikkim had about 5.4 lakh, the least of the four.

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