ASSAMPEDIA – Target APSC prelims 2021

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AREA-WISE

1. ARUNACHAL PRADESH
ARUNACHAL 2. ASSAM
3. MEGHALAYA
4. MANIPUR
5. MIZORAM
BHUTAN 6. NAGALAND
7. TRIPURA
NAGALAND

MEGHALAYA POPULATION-WISE

MANIPUR 1. ASSAM
BANGLADESH 2. TRIPURA
3. MEGHALAYA
4. MANIPUR
5. NAGALAND
TRIPURA MIZORAM
6. ARUNACHAL PRADESH
WEST BENGAL 7. MIZORAM
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Population: 31205576 Population density
16th in India
(2.39%) 31205576
=
ASSAM 78438
AREA 78438.08 Sq. km = 397.8/ sq km
POPULATION 3,12,05,576
DENSITY 398/ Sq. km
(India - 382)
URBAN / RURAL 14% / 86%
1 km
FEMALE 958 (PER 1000
MALE) 49%
Area: 78438 sq. Km 1 km
(India – 943)
SC / ST (2011) 6.85% / 12.41%
Literacy rate 72.19% (M77.85%
/ F 66.27%)

15th in India
(2.58%)
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17.07% 2.46%
17.07% 36.84%
2.46%
17.07%

TOTAL POPULATION SEX RATIO LITERACY

In the Census of India 2011, the definition of urban area adopted is as follows:
a. All statutory places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee, etc.
b. A place satisfying the following three criteria simultaneously:
i. a minimum population of 5,000;
ii. at least 75 per cent of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits; and
iii. a density of population of at least 400 per sq. km. (1,000 per sq. mile).
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Q1 . The proportion of tribal population to Q3. Total geographical area of Assam in terms
total population of Assam is – of Hectare
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A. One third A. 7843800
B. One – fifth APSC Sample papers B. 7833800 APSC Prelims 2011
C. One – eighth C. 7865555
D. One - tenth D. 7843500
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Q2. What is the male population of Assam as Q4. Which of the following statement is correct?
per 2011 census?
A. Assam is one of the better placed states in the
A. 1,61,54,972 country with respect to sex ratio.
B. 1,59,54,972 APSC Sample papers B. Population density of Assam is lower than the
C. 1,57,54, 972 National average.
D. 1,55,54,972 C. Around 20 percent of the population lives in
urban areas in Assam
D. The population of Assam forms about 5 percent
of total population of India in 2011
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Q5. How much percent of the Indian Landmass Q7. There has been a tremendous increase in
is covered by the State of Assam? decadal growth of population in the state of
Assam during the census year 2001-2011
A. 3.39% which is-
B. 2.39% APSC Prelims 2013 APSC Sample papers
C. 4.39% A. 20.48%
D. 2.93% B. 17.01%
C. 18.92%
D. 20.40%
Q6. Which of the following arrangements is
Q8. Female literacy in Assam as per the Census
correct according to the increasing order of
Data, 2011 stands at
their population?
A. 72.34%
A. Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Assam
B. 69.3%
B. Meghalaya, Mizoram, Assam, Nagaland
C. 53.42%
C. Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal
D. 66.27%
D. None of the above