India's death rate fell from 25 per 1000 in 1951 to what in 2011?
A7.2 per 1000
B17.2 per 1000
C2.7 per 1000
D12 per 1000
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. 7.2 per 1000
1. Public health and medicine improved.
2. The death rate reached 7.2 per 1000.
3. Life expectancy rose to 67.9 years by 2012.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 6, Population._
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