As per the 1991 Census, the average size of households in terms of number of persons per household in respect of the given states follows the sequence (highest first, lowest last).

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Q: 7 (IAS/1996)
As per the 1991 Census, the average size of households in terms of number of persons per household in respect of the given states follows the sequence (highest first, lowest last).

question_subject: 

Economics

question_exam: 

IAS

stats: 

0,66,86,19,66,19,48

keywords: 

{'census': [2, 1, 1, 2], 'households': [0, 1, 2, 7], 'uttar pradesh': [5, 1, 0, 7], 'haryana': [2, 0, 3, 3], 'tamil nadu': [3, 0, 1, 1], 'kerala': [7, 2, 0, 3], 'household': [0, 1, 1, 6], 'gujarat': [2, 0, 1, 1], 'west bengal': [1, 0, 0, 3], 'states': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'average size': [0, 1, 0, 2]}

The question is about the average size of households in different states in India as per the 1991 Census and in descending order. The correct answer is Option 2.

Option 1: Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu: This option does not accurately represent the order of states in terms of the number of persons per household.

Option 2: Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala: This option is correct. As of the 1991 census, Uttar Pradesh had the highest average number of persons per household, followed by West Bengal, Gujarat, and then Kerala.

Option 3: Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal: This option does not follow the correct sequence as Uttar Pradesh had a higher average number of persons per household than Gujarat and Haryana.

Option 4: Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala: This option is incorrect because Gujarat, not Tamil Nadu, maintains a higher average number of persons per household as per the 1991 Census.