Previous Year Question
What is the percentage of population of Uttar Pradesh to India's population as per Census 2011?
A.
14.2
B.
15.5
C.
16.16
D.
18.2
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution
According to Census 2011, the population of Uttar Pradesh was 199,812,341, while the total population of India was approximately 1.21 billion.
On the basis of these figures—
Uttar Pradesh's share ≈ 16.50%
and not 16.16%.
In fact, 16.16% approximately corresponds to Uttar Pradesh's share in India's population in Census 2001. By 2011, the share had risen to about 16.50%.
However, 16.50% is not provided among the options, and (c) 16.16 as the answer.