- What was the total Scheduled Tribes (ST) population in Himachal Pradesh as per the 2001 Census?
A) 197,263
B) 218,349
C) 244,587
D) 392,126
Answer: C) 244,587 - What percentage of Himachal Pradesh’s total population did the ST population constitute in 2001?
A) 5.71%
B) 4.0%
C) 10.69%
D) 12.02%
Answer: B) 4.0% - According to the 2011 Census, what was the total ST population in Himachal Pradesh?
A) 244,587
B) 6,864,602
C) 1,729,252
D) 392,126
Answer: D) 392,126 - What percentage of Himachal Pradesh’s total population did the ST population constitute in 2011?
A) 4.0%
B) 8.6%
C) 5.71%
D) 25.19%
Answer: C) 5.71% - Which district had the highest proportion of ST population (73.0%) within its own district population in 2001?
A) Kinnaur
B) Chamba
C) Lahaul & Spiti
D) Kullu
Answer: C) Lahaul & Spiti - Which district accounted for the largest share (48.1%) of the state’s total ST population in 2001?
A) Kinnaur
B) Lahaul & Spiti
C) Chamba
D) Mandi
Answer: C) Chamba - What was the growth rate of the ST population in Himachal Pradesh during the decade 1991-2001?
A) 10.69%
B) 12.02%
C) 15.4%
D) 44.63%
Answer: B) 12.02% - Which district recorded the highest growth rate (44.63%) of ST population during 1991-2001?
A) Kinnaur
B) Lahaul-Spiti
C) Chamba
D) Bilaspur
Answer: B) Lahaul-Spiti - What was the sex ratio (females per 1000 males) among Scheduled Tribes in Himachal Pradesh in 1991?
A) 990
B) 967
C) 981
D) 999
Answer: C) 981 - What was the sex ratio among Scheduled Tribes in Himachal Pradesh as per the 2001 Census?
A) 981
B) 990
C) 999
D) 1013
Answer: B) 990 - According to the 2011 Census, what was the sex ratio among Scheduled Tribes in Himachal Pradesh?
A) 990
B) 972
C) 999
D) 1022
Answer: C) 999 - Which district reported the highest ST sex ratio of 1,140 in the 2001 Census?
A) Lahaul & Spiti
B) Chamba
C) Kinnaur
D) Kullu
Answer: C) Kinnaur - Which district had the highest ST sex ratio of 1,013 in the 2011 Census?
A) Lahaul & Spiti
B) Chamba
C) Kinnaur
D) Mandi
Answer: C) Kinnaur - What was the overall literacy rate of the ST population (excluding 0-6 age group) in Himachal Pradesh in 1991?
A) 31.2%
B) 65.5%
C) 50.1%
D) 62.7%
Answer: C) 50.1% - What was the overall literacy rate of the ST population (excluding 0-6 age group) in Himachal Pradesh as per the 2001 Census?
A) 50.1%
B) 53.3%
C) 65.5%
D) 77.7%
Answer: C) 65.5% - According to one source (Rajya Sabha data), what was the ST literacy rate in Himachal Pradesh in the 2011 Census?
A) 65.5%
B) 80.77%
C) 73.6%
D) 88.37%
Answer: C) 73.6% - What was the male literacy rate among Scheduled Tribes in Himachal Pradesh in 2001?
A) 62.7%
B) 77.7%
C) 53.3%
D) 91.2%
Answer: B) 77.7% - What was the female literacy rate among Scheduled Tribes in Himachal Pradesh in 2001?
A) 31.2%
B) 77.7%
C) 53.3%
D) 81.7%
Answer: C) 53.3% - What was the gender gap in literacy (in percentage points) among Scheduled Tribes in Himachal Pradesh in 2001?
A) 15.4
B) 19.6
C) 24.4 1
D) 7.0
Answer: C) 24.4 - In the 2011 Census, which district recorded the highest ST literacy rate (88.15%) according to one data source?
A) Shimla
B) Kinnaur
C) Hamirpur
D) Una
Answer: C) Hamirpur - Which district had the lowest ST literacy rate (72.17%) in the 2011 Census, according to one data source?
A) Lahaul & Spiti
B) Sirmaur
C) Chamba
D) Kullu
Answer: C) Chamba - What was the Work Participation Rate (WPR) among Scheduled Tribes in Himachal Pradesh in 1991?
A) 48.9%
B) 54.6%
C) 43.4%
D) 37.0%
Answer: C) 43.4% - What was the Work Participation Rate (WPR) among Scheduled Tribes in Himachal Pradesh in 2001?
A) 43.4%
B) 48.9%
C) 59.3%
D) 36.8%
Answer: B) 48.9% - In 2001, what percentage of ST workers were classified as ‘main workers’?
A) 17.6%
B) 52.8%
C) 37.0%
D) 40.0%
Answer: C) 37.0%\ - In 2001, what percentage of ST workers were classified as ‘marginal workers’?
A) 37.0%
B) 17.6%
C) 6.1%
D) 29.0%
Answer: B) 17.6%