Question

According to the Census 2001, a literate person is one who ____________.
(A) Can read and write his/her name
(B) Can read and write any language
(C) Is 7 year old and can read and write any language with understanding
(D) Knows 3 Rs (reading, writing, arithmetic)

Answer 1

Hint Literate refers to someone who acquires the capacities of reading, and writing by himself or herself. As per the Census 2001, this person refers to someone who is said to be a minor.

Complete step-by-step solution:
According to the Census 2001, a literate person is the one who is considered 7 years old and can read and write any language along with understanding.
The results of the 2001 census were: the population of India was approximately 1,028,737,436 that consist of around 496,514,346 females while 532,223,090 males. Talking about the religion demographics, 80.45%
were seen as Hindus, Muslims were around 13.4%, Christians were 2%, 1.89% were sikhs, Buddhist were around 0.79%, Jains were about 0.46%, Animist and the rest were the people of other religions constituting 0.43%.
Hindi is the common language that is most probably spoken by the people in the Northern Parts of India. Around 53.6% of the Indian Population is familiar with Hindi language as per the census 2001.

Note:
Census refers to the official count or survey, especially referring to a population. The census of India is generally held every decade. In the series of censuses, the 2001 census of India was said to be the 14th in comparison to the 1991 census, however the population had increased by 21.5%