Consider the following statements: As per 2001 Census 1. The two States with the lowest sex ratio are Haryana and Punjab. 2. The two States with the lowest population per sq km of area are Meghalaya and Mizoram. 3. Kerala has both the highest literacy rat

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Q: 133 (IAS/2004)
Consider the following statements: As per 2001 Census
1. The two States with the lowest sex ratio are Haryana and Punjab.
2. The two States with the lowest population per sq km of area are Meghalaya and Mizoram.
3. Kerala has both the highest literacy rate and sex ratio.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

question_subject: 

Economics

question_exam: 

IAS

stats: 

0,29,26,14,5,7,29

keywords: 

{'lowest sex ratio': [2, 1, 1, 0], 'lowest population': [1, 0, 0, 0], 'sex ratio': [2, 0, 0, 2], 'highest literacy rate': [2, 1, 2, 0], 'kerala': [7, 2, 0, 3], 'haryana': [2, 0, 3, 3], 'punjab': [2, 0, 1, 0], 'census': [2, 1, 1, 2], 'states': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'meghalaya': [22, 1, 17, 41], 'area': [0, 0, 0, 1]}

The correct answer is option 4 which includes statements 1 and 3.

Here`s an explanation for all the given statements:

Statement 1: "The two states with the lowest sex ratio are Haryana and Punjab."

This statement is correct. As per the 2001 census, the states of Haryana and Punjab had the lowest sex ratios in India.

Statement 2: "The two states with the lowest population per sq km of area are Meghalaya and Mizoram."

This statement is incorrect. The two states with the lowest population density as per the 2001 census are Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, not Meghalaya and Mizoram.

Statement 3: "Kerala has both the highest literacy rate and sex ratio."

This statement is correct. Kerala recorded both the highest literacy rate and sex ratio as per the 2001 census.

Hence, only statements 1 and 3 are correct, which corresponds to option 4.