Instructions

Answer the questions based on the following information.
The following table gives the urban population of a country and the percentages of total population in rural and urban areas as recorded in the 10-years censuses during 1901-81.
Table 1. Urban and rural population 1901-1981


Question 25

The smallest rate of increase in urban population in a decade during 1921-1961 occurred in

Solution

Let's solve the options one by one ,

Option A :Rate of increase of urban population duringĀ 1951-61Ā = $$\frac{79-62}{62}$$ = 0.274

Option B :Rate of increase of urban population duringĀ 1941-51Ā = $$\frac{62-44}{44}$$ =Ā 0.409

Option C :Rate of increase of urban population duringĀ 1931-41Ā = $$\frac{44-33}{33}$$ =Ā 0.33

Option D :Rate of increase of urban population duringĀ 1921-31Ā = $$\frac{12-11}{11}$$ =Ā 0.091

Among the above values smallest rate of increase was duringĀ 1951-61

Hence A is the correct answer.


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