Literacy Rates and Population Dynamics

Literacy Rates and Population Dynamics

Assessment

Interactive Video

Social Studies

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

FREE Resource

The video tutorial covers three main topics from the population census: literacy rate, working population, and population change dynamics. It begins with an overview of literacy rates from 1947 to 2011, highlighting the socio-economic importance of literacy. The next section details the working population, categorizing it into cultivators, agricultural laborers, household industry workers, and other workers. Finally, the video explains how population size changes due to births, deaths, and migrations, and how these changes are calculated using absolute numbers and percentage change.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the minimum age for a person to be considered literate according to the population census?

12 years

5 years

7 years

10 years

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the literacy rate in India in the year 2001?

64.84%

82.14%

74.04%

12%

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What percentage of the population was literate at the time of India's independence in 1947?

25%

50%

12%

5%

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a category of the working population according to the census?

Workers in household industries

Cultivators

Service industry workers

Agricultural laborers

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What age group is considered as the working population in the census?

20 to 60 years

10 to 50 years

15 to 59 years

18 to 65 years

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which process is NOT involved in the change of population size?

Births

Deaths

Migrations

Education

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a factor that contributes to population dynamics?

Technological advancements

Births

Cultural changes

Economic policies

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