RAS question
According to Census 2011, what is the literacy rate of Rajasthan?
Correct answer: (B) 66.1%.
According to Census 2011, Rajasthan's literacy rate was 66.1 per cent.
Explanation
Census 2011 recorded Rajasthan's overall literacy rate as 66.1 per cent, so option B matches the census figure. The Government of Rajasthan's Economic Review 2024-25 reports the more precise figure of 66.11 per cent and states that the rate rose from 60.40 per cent in 2001. Rajasthan was below the national literacy average of 74.0 per cent. Male literacy was 79.2 per cent and female literacy was 52.1 per cent, showing a wide gender gap. These figures help compare education outcomes, the gender gap, and Rajasthan's performance with the national average.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 60.4 per cent is not Rajasthan's Census 2011 literacy rate; it is the older 2001 figure cited in the Government of Rajasthan's Economic Review 2024-25.
- (C) 70.7 per cent is not Rajasthan's Census 2011 literacy rate; the state figure was 66.1 per cent.
- (D) 74.0 per cent was the national average literacy rate in Census 2011, not Rajasthan's rate of 66.1 per cent.
Concept
This question tests Rajasthan's human-development indicators under the Economy of Rajasthan syllabus. Literacy-rate questions recur in RAS because the figures help compare education, the gender gap, and state performance with the national average.