Question

According to the last census 2011, the state to show the poorest sex ratio is
A) Kerala
B) U.P
C) West Bengal
D) Haryana

Answer 1

Hint: The sex ratio is the proportion of males to females in a population. In mainly sexually reproducing species, the ratio should be 1:1. This tendency is stated by Fisher's principle. For different reasons, however, many species diverge from anything like an even sex ratio, either occasionally or permanently. In humans, the natural ratio is vaguely biased towards the male sex, is expected to be about 1.05.

Complete answer:
According to the 2011 census, the sex ratio was 940, which signifies 940 females per 1000 males in India. However, the sex ratio in India has gone through laudable signs of enhancement in the past 10 years, there are still some states, where the sex ratio is still short and is a cause of unease for the NGO organizations. One of the states, which is showing a decreasing trend in the population of women in 2011 and is a cause of fear, is Haryana, which has the poorest sex ratio.
The figures of states like Kerala, U.P, West Bengal have the sex ratio in a number of 1084, 912, 950 of females to that of 1000 males respectively.
Haryana has the smallest rate of sex ratio in India i.e., 877 of females to that of 1000 males.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note: Haryana enhanced its sex ratio at birth through retaliatory action for sex-selective abortion. Counseling of parents and families, tracking pregnancies, and campaigns to change people’s opinions about girls, officials also aid in improvement. Sustainability in numbers needs constant political and directorial commitment. Attitudinal shifts among people are the stronger challenge.