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Questions Related to women empowerment

The rate of literacy in Kerala in 2011 was recorded as _____.

  1. 93.91%

  2. 91.02%

  3. 90.05%

  4. 91.29%


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

India's literacy rate is at 74.04%. Kerala is the most literate state in India with 93.91% literacy. Bihar is the least literate state in India, with a literacy of 63.82%.

The sex ratio favours females in ______.

  1. Orissa

  2. Maharastra

  3. Kerala

  4. Andhra pradesh


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sex ratio is used to describe the number of females per 1000 of males. In the Population Census of 2011 it was revealed that the population ratio in India 2011 is 943 females per 1000 of males. The Sex Ratio 2011 shows an upward trend from the census 2001 data. As per the Census 2011, Kerala has 1084 females per thousand males.

Kasturba Gandhi Education Scheme is related to _____.

  1. girl education

  2. adult education

  3. child labour

  4. woman empowerment


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya scheme was introduced by the Government of India in August 2004, then integrated in the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan program, to provide educational facilities for girls belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, minority communities and families below the poverty line in Educationally Backward Blocks.

Literacy rate of Punjab in 2001 was _____.

  1. 80%

  2. 70%

  3. 60%

  4. 50%


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

During the past decade i.e. from 2001 to 2011, the literacy rate of Punjab has improved by 6.1 percent. It was 69.7 percent in 2001 and it is 75.8 percent in 2011.

Which state in India has the lowest literacy rate?

  1. Bihar

  2. Uttar Pradesh

  3. Orissa

  4. Rajasthan


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

India's literacy rate is at 74.04%. Kerala is the most literate state in India, with 93.91% literacy. Bihar is the least literate state in India with a literacy rate of 63.82%.

National Commission for Women was formed in _____.

  1. 1990

  2. 1992

  3. 1994

  4. 1996


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The National Commission for Women (NCW) was established in January 1992.

Which state in India occupies the first place in literacy?

  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Kerala

  4. Karnataka


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Literacy rate is number of people above the age of seven who can read and write upon the total population.

Which district of Hindi speaking belt has firstly been declared as fully literate?

  1. Narsinghpur (M.P.)

  2. Palampur (H.P.)

  3. Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan)

  4. Palamu (Jharkhand)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Narsinghpur is a town in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. Narsinghpur is the administrative headquarters of Narsinghpur District. It was declared as the first fully literate district of the Hindi speaking belt. 

Which union territory has sex ratio in favour of women?

  1. Pondicherry

  2. Chandigarh

  3. Lakshadweep

  4. NCT of Delhi


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sex ratio is the number Women per 1000 Men.  Higher sex ratio would mean a greater number of women per man. Pondicherry now knows as Puducherry has the highest sex ratio among the options given.

What do you mean by Net Attendance Ratio?

  1. It implies the total number of children of age group 6-10 attending school 

  2. It implies the total number of children of age group 6-10 not attending school 

  3. It implies the total number of children of age group of 10 -15 attending school 

  4. It implies the total number of children of age group of 15 -18 attending school 


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Net Attendance Ratio is the total number of children in the age group of 6-10 that attend school as a percentage of the total number of children in the same age group.