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In 2011 literacy varied from 94 per cent in Kerala to 62 per cent in:Read the answer and worked solution →Sarva Siksha Abhiyan aims at elementary education for all children aged:Read the answer and worked solution →The 12th plan targeted a higher education Gross Enrolment Ratio of what by 2020-21?Read the answer and worked solution →Infant mortality rate is the death of a child below what age?Read the answer and worked solution →India's life expectancy rose to over how many years by 2014?Read the answer and worked solution →Infant mortality fell from 147 in 1951 to what in 2016?Read the answer and worked solution →The workforce population includes people aged:Read the answer and worked solution →When eight people work a plot that needs only five, the three extra are:Read the answer and worked solution →Urban areas in India mostly face which type of unemployment?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the primary activitiesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the education wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the human development numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the economy wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Rural or urban unemploymentRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the three sectorsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →People as resource bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Food security means availability, accessibility and:Read the answer and worked solution →Which economist added the dimension of access to food through entitlements?Read the answer and worked solution →The World Food Summit that defined food security at all levels was held in:Read the answer and worked solution →The most devastating famine in India, the Bengal famine, occurred in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bengal famine of 1943 killed about:Read the answer and worked solution →Famine-like conditions have persisted for years in Kalahandi and Kashipur in:Read the answer and worked solution →The National Family Health Survey 1998-99 counted malnourished women and children at about:Read the answer and worked solution →Hunger caused by diets persistently inadequate in quantity or quality is:Read the answer and worked solution →Hunger tied to cycles of food growing and harvesting is:Read the answer and worked solution →Indira Gandhi released a special stamp entitled Wheat Revolution in:Read the answer and worked solution →India's total foodgrain production in 2016-17 was:Read the answer and worked solution →India's food security system has two components: buffer stock and the:Read the answer and worked solution →The pre-announced price at which FCI buys grain from farmers is the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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In 2011 literacy varied from 94 per cent in Kerala to 62 per cent in:

  1. Odisha
  2. Assam
  3. Punjab
  4. Bihar
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Correct answer: D. Bihar

1. Kerala had the highest rate. 2. Bihar had 62 per cent. 3. The gap shows regional differences. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 2, People as Resource._

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Sarva Siksha Abhiyan aims at elementary education for all children aged:

  1. 6 to 14 years
  2. 3 to 6 years
  3. 14 to 18 years
  4. 18 to 23 years
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Correct answer: A. 6 to 14 years

1. It is a time-bound Central initiative with States. 2. The age group is 6 to 14 years. 3. Mid-day meals support attendance and nutrition. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 2, People as Resource._

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The 12th plan targeted a higher education Gross Enrolment Ratio of what by 2020-21?

  1. 10 per cent
  2. 30 per cent
  3. 25.2 per cent
  4. 50 per cent
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Correct answer: B. 30 per cent

1. The age group is 18 to 23 years. 2. The target was 30 per cent, near the world average. 3. The 2017-18 goal was 25.2 per cent. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 2, People as Resource._

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