As per data collected in 2011, arrange the following Indian states in terms of child sex-ratio from lowest to highest.
(A) Punjab
(B) Haryana
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Sikkim
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (B), (A), (C), (D)
(B) Haryana — Haryana has the lowest child sex ratio of all the states; it is called the worst state.
(A) Punjab — Punjab comes next after Haryana; both are in the lowest band (below 875) of the map of child sex ratios in 2011.
(C) Tamil Nadu — Tamil Nadu is among the large states above the national average (919) but below 970; on the 2011 map it is in the 926-950 band.
(D) Sikkim — Sikkim comes last, with the highest child sex ratio of the four, as per the NTA answer key.
Note: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. However, the book gives no child sex ratio figure for Sikkim, so nothing in the NCERT book fixes its place; beyond Haryana (the lowest) and Punjab (next), the ranking is reasoning, not a statement of the book.
NCERT (2025-26): “2.4 The Declining Sex-ratio in India … The state-level child sex ratios offer even greater cause for worry. As many as nine States and Union Territories have a child sex ratio of under 900 females per 1000 males. Haryana is the worst state with an incredibly low child sex ratio of 793 (the only state below 800), followed by Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. As Map 2 shows, Uttar Pradesh, Daman & Diu, Himachal Pradesh, Lakhshadweep and Madya Pradesh are all under 925, while large states such as West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka are above the national average of 919 but below the 970-mark. Even Kerala, the state with the better overall sex ratio does not do too well at 964, while the highest child sex ratio of 972 is found in Arunachal Pradesh.…”
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