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The National Sample Survey of 2004-05 put the Other Backward Classes at about:

A11 per cent
B41 per cent
C61 per cent
D21 per cent
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. 41 per cent
1. The Census does not yet count the Other Backward Classes. 2. The National Sample Survey of 2004-05 estimated their population at around 41 per cent. 3. With the SC and ST they account for about two-thirds of the country's population. _Source: syllabus Social Science, 'Democratic Politics II', Ch 4 'Gender, Religion and Caste'_
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