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UPSC CDS Indian Demographics — practice questions — page 6

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In 2002 India received how much in remittances from international migrants?Read the answer and worked solution →A negative consequence of unregulated migration to industrial states is the growth of:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the pull factorsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the migration streamsRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real termRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the migration wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Sends or receivesRead the answer and worked solution →Which waveRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Migration bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The first Human Development Report was published in 1990 by:Read the answer and worked solution →The most significant aspect of human development is enlarging the range of people's:Read the answer and worked solution →The 1993 Human Development Report said development must be woven around:Read the answer and worked solution →India is ranked 130 among how many countries in the HDI?Read the answer and worked solution →With an HDI value of 0.640, India is grouped among countries of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which body prepared the Human Development Report for India using states as units?Read the answer and worked solution →Gross National Product per capita is used to measure a country's:Read the answer and worked solution →In 2011-12 the share of India's population below the poverty line was estimated at:Read the answer and worked solution →Which state group recorded more than 30 percent of people below the poverty line?Read the answer and worked solution →Poverty in absolute terms reflects an individual's inability to satisfy basic:Read the answer and worked solution →GDP does not fully reflect quality of life because it ignores factors like housing, transport and:Read the answer and worked solution →The flagship programme aiming at a pollution-free, open defecation-free India is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Swachh Bharat Mission includes supplying which clean fuel to rural households?Read the answer and worked solution →India's death rate fell from 25.1 per thousand in 1951 to what in 2015?Read the answer and worked solution →In which two developed states is the child sex ratio below 850 girls per thousand boys?Read the answer and worked solution →Overall literacy in India in 2011 was approximately:Read the answer and worked solution →Which state has very low literacy of 63.82 percent?Read the answer and worked solution →Kerala and Mizoram have literacy rates of about:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Planning Commission's state HDI, which state topped with a value of 0.790?Read the answer and worked solution →Which states are at the bottom of the state HDI ranking?Read the answer and worked solution →

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In 2002 India received how much in remittances from international migrants?

  1. US$ 110 billion
  2. US$ 11 million
  3. US$ 11 billion
  4. US$ 1 billion
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Correct answer: C. US$ 11 billion

1. Remittances are a major source of foreign exchange. 2. Punjab, Kerala and Tamil Nadu receive a lot. 3. The 2002 figure was 11 billion dollars. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 2, Migration: Types, Causes and Consequences._

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A negative consequence of unregulated migration to industrial states is the growth of:

  1. Farms
  2. Forests
  3. Schools
  4. Slums
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Correct answer: D. Slums

1. Cities become overcrowded. 2. Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi show this. 3. Slums develop. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 2, Migration: Types, Causes and Consequences._

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Catch the pull factors

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Regular work
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Higher wages
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Education
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Health care
  5. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Poverty
  6. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Drought
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Flood
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Land pressure
Category
Pull factor
Instructions
Catch the things that attract migrants to cities. Let the push factors fall.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 2, Migration: Types, Causes and Consequences._

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