Match the following religious groups (List-I) with their population percentage (List-II).
| List-I (Religious Groups) | List-II (Population percentages according to Census 2011 (provisional)) |
| (A) Sikhs | (I) 2.3% |
| (B) Buddhists | (II) 1.9% |
| (C) Christians | (III) 0.8% |
| (D) Jains | (IV) 0.4% |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
(A) Sikhs — this matches (II) 1.9%.
(B) Buddhists — this matches (III) 0.8%.
(C) Christians — this matches (I) 2.3%.
(D) Jains — this matches (IV) 0.4%.
Note: It seems that there is a mistake in the original NTA paper, which prints the shares as 1.9% and 0.8% when, as NCERT gives them, they should read Sikhs 1.7% and Buddhists 0.7%. The order of the four groups is the same in both sets of figures (Christians 2.3%, then Sikhs, then Buddhists, then Jains 0.4%), so the matching is not affected.
NCERT (2025-26): “Cultural Diversity and India as a Nation-state … In terms of religion, about 80% of the population are Hindus, who in turn are regionally specific, plural in beliefs and practices, and divided by castes and languages. About 14.2% of the population are Muslims, which makes India the world’s second largest Muslim country after Indonesia and Pakistan. The other major religious communities are Christians (2.3%), Sikhs (1.7%), Buddhists (0.7%) and Jains (0.4%). Because of India’s huge population, these small percentages can also add up to large absolute numbers.…” |