With reference to the demographic profile of India, consider the following statements : 1. The proportion of the population in the age group 0 to 6 declined from 16 % to 13 % over the period 2001-11. 2. Of all the States, 20 States have achieved replaceme

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Q: 44 (IES/2013)
With reference to the demographic profile of India, consider the following statements :
1. The proportion of the population in the age group 0 to 6 declined from 16 % to 13 % over the period 2001-11.
2. Of all the States, 20 States have achieved replacement level fertility
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

question_subject: 

Economics

question_exam: 

IES

stats: 

0,12,45,12,13,21,11

keywords: 

{'replacement level fertility': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'proportion': [1, 1, 2, 8], 'population': [3, 1, 2, 1], 'demographic profile': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13], 'age group': [0, 0, 0, 7], 'states': [1, 0, 0, 1]}

Option 1 states that the proportion of the population in the age group 0 to 6 declined from 16% to 13% over the period 2001-11. This means that the percentage of children aged 0 to 6 years decreased during that time frame. This statement is correct.

Option 2 states that 20 states in India have achieved replacement level fertility. Replacement level fertility is the total fertility rate at which a population replaces itself from one generation to the next, without immigration. In other words, it is the rate at which each woman on average has enough children to replace herself and her partner. This statement is not mentioned in the question, so it is incorrect.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 1, which means that only statement 1 is correct.

It is important to note that statement 2 is not mentioned in the question and is therefore unrelated to the given demographic profile of India in this context.

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