Previous Year Question
Arrange in descending order the following States in terms of their population as per the provisional data of Census 2011:
Andhra Pradesh
Bihar
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
A.
2, 4, 1, 3
B.
4, 3, 2, 1
C.
2, 3, 1, 4
D.
4, 2, 3, 1
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
The final Census 2011 populations of these States were—
Uttar Pradesh — 199,812,341 ≈ 199.8 million
Maharashtra — 112,374,333 ≈ 112.4 million
Bihar — 104,099,452 ≈ 104.1 million
Andhra Pradesh — 84,580,777 ≈ 84.6 million.
Therefore, the descending order is—
Uttar Pradesh (4) > Maharashtra (3) > Bihar (2) > Andhra Pradesh (1)