Arrange the following Census events in the correct chronological order of their occurrence.
A. The sex ratio had fallen to an all-time low of 927 females per thousand males.
B. The total population of India was recorded to be 121 crores.
C. India announced its first population policy.
D. The year when India experienced better demographic dividend compared to China.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → C, A, B, D
(C) India announced its first population policy. — 1952.
(A) The sex ratio had fallen to an all-time low of 927 females per thousand males. — 1991.
(B) The total population of India was recorded to be 121 crores. — 2011 (Census of India).
(D) The year when India experienced better demographic dividend compared to China. — 2020, when the average Indian was 29 years old against 37 in China.
NCERT (2025-26): “2.2 Size and Growth of India’s Population … India is the second most populous country in the world after China, with a total population of 121 crores (or 1.21 billion) according to the Census of India 2011.… 2.4 The Declining Sex-ratio in India … The trends of the last four decades have been particularly worrying – from 941 in 1961 the sex ratio had fallen to an all-time low of 927 in 1991 before posting a modest increase in 2001.… 2.7 Population Policy in India … It is hardly surprising therefore that India has had an official population policy for more than a half century. In fact, India was perhaps the first country to explicitly announce such a policy in 1952.…”
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