The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme was launched in 2015 from which town of Haryana?
- A.Karnal
- B.Panipat
- C.Rohtak
- D.Hisar
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Panipat. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao was launched on 22 January 2015 from Panipat in Haryana. The place was chosen deliberately, because the Census of 2011 had shown that Haryana had the lowest child sex ratio in the country at 834 against a national figure of 919, and several of its districts were worse still. The scheme is run jointly by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Education, and it works through awareness, enforcement of the law and support for girls' schooling.
Option A, Karnal, Option C, Rohtak, and Option D, Hisar, are all districts of Haryana with poor child sex ratios, which is what makes them plausible, but the launch took place at Panipat. Keep two more dates with this one: the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, which bans telling the sex of a foetus, was passed in 1994, and the Sukanya Samriddhi savings scheme for girls was announced in the same month as Beti Bachao Beti Padhao.
Read the full article: Haryana Population and Sex Ratio: Census 2011 Facts
Practice Questions
View allAs per the 2011 census of India, which Indian state has the lowest sex ratio?
- A.Bihar
- B.Punjab
- C.Haryana
- D.Jharkhand
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The Census of 2011 recorded 879 females for every 1,000 males in Haryana, the lowest figure of any state in the country, against a national average of 943.
Read the full explanation →Which union territory has the highest sex ratio as per the 2011 Census?
- A.Lakshadweep
- B.Puducherry
- C.Daman and Diu
- D.Chandigarh
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Among the union territories Puducherry recorded 1,037 females for every 1,000 males in 2011, the only union territory with more women than men and the highest figure in that group.
Read the full explanation →According to the Census of India 2011, what is the percentage of India's population that lives in urban areas?
- A.25.7 per cent
- B.49.71 per cent
- C.41.72 per cent
- D.31.16 per cent
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The Census of 2011 found that 31.16 per cent of Indians lived in urban areas and the remaining 68.84 per cent in villages.
Read the full explanation →What was the sex ratio of Haryana in the Census of 2011?
- A.861
- B.879
- C.893
- D.901
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Haryana recorded 879 females for every 1,000 males in 2011. The number follows directly from the population table: 1,18,56,728 females against 1,34,94,734 males in a total of 2,53,51,462 people.
Read the full explanation →What was the population density of Haryana according to the Census of 2011?
- A.382 persons per square kilometre
- B.477 persons per square kilometre
- C.573 persons per square kilometre
- D.652 persons per square kilometre
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Density is the population divided by the area, and for Haryana that is 2,53,51,462 people spread over 44,212 square kilometres, which works out to 573.
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