According to the 2011 census report of India, the population growth rate was:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Less than 2 percent
The growth rate of a population is the yearly increase as a share of the population. NCERT says that, according to the 2011 census, India’s population growth rate was less than 2 per cent, that is 20 per 1000 per year. Even at this rate, the population can rise fast, because it is a very large population. This is why the government took up serious measures to check the growth.
NCERT Extract:
Population Stabilisation and Birth Control – …
