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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.

  1. (A)

    60.4%

  2. (B)

    66.1%

  3. (C)

    70.7%

  4. (D)

    74.0%

Explanation

Census 2011 places Rajasthan's overall literacy rate at 66.1 per cent, which is why option B is the only matching figure. Government of Rajasthan, Economic Review 2024-25 gives the same figure more precisely as 66.11 per cent and notes that it rose from 60.40 per cent in 2001. Rajasthan remained below the national literacy average of 74.0 per cent, and the gender split was wide, with male literacy at 79.2 per cent and female literacy at 52.1 per cent. For an exam question, the key is to distinguish Rajasthan's state figure from nearby older, national, or non-matching percentages.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) 60.4 per cent is below Rajasthan's Census 2011 literacy rate and matches the older 2001 figure cited in Government of Rajasthan, Economic Review 2024-25.
  • (C) 70.7 per cent is not the Rajasthan Census 2011 literacy figure; the accepted state figure is 66.1 per cent.
  • (D) 74.0 per cent is the national average literacy rate, not Rajasthan's Census 2011 rate.

Concept

This tests Rajasthan human-development indicators under the Economy of Rajasthan syllabus. Literacy-rate questions recur in RAS because Census 2011 figures anchor comparisons of education, gender gap, and state-versus-national performance.

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