DIRECTIONS for Questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the table given below.
Sex Ratio (Number of females per 1000 males) of Selected States in India: 1901-2001
|
1901 |
1911 |
1921 |
1931 |
1941 |
1951 |
1961 |
1971 |
1981 |
1991 |
2001 |
AP |
985 |
992 |
993 |
987 |
980 |
986 |
981 |
977 |
975 |
972 |
978 |
Assam |
919 |
915 |
896 |
874 |
875 |
868 |
869 |
896 |
910 |
923 |
932 |
Bihar |
1061 |
1051 |
1020 |
995 |
1002 |
1000 |
1005 |
957 |
948 |
907 |
921 |
Goa |
1091 |
1108 |
1120 |
1088 |
1084 |
1128 |
1066 |
981 |
975 |
967 |
960 |
Gujarat |
954 |
946 |
944 |
945 |
941 |
952 |
940 |
934 |
942 |
934 |
921 |
Haryana |
867 |
835 |
844 |
844 |
869 |
871 |
868 |
867 |
870 |
865 |
861 |
HP |
884 |
889 |
890 |
897 |
890 |
912 |
938 |
958 |
973 |
976 |
970 |
J&K |
882 |
876 |
870 |
865 |
869 |
873 |
878 |
878 |
892 |
896 |
900 |
Karnataka |
983 |
981 |
969 |
965 |
960 |
966 |
959 |
957 |
963 |
960 |
964 |
Kerala |
1004 |
1008 |
1011 |
1022 |
1027 |
1028 |
1022 |
1016 |
1032 |
1036 |
1058 |
MP |
972 |
967 |
949 |
947 |
946 |
945 |
932 |
920 |
921 |
912 |
920 |
Maharashtra |
978 |
966 |
950 |
947 |
949 |
941 |
936 |
930 |
937 |
934 |
922 |
Orissa |
1037 |
1056 |
1086 |
1067 |
1053 |
1022 |
1001 |
988 |
981 |
971 |
972 |
Punjab |
832 |
780 |
799 |
815 |
836 |
844 |
854 |
865 |
879 |
882 |
874 |
Rajasthan |
905 |
908 |
896 |
907 |
906 |
921 |
908 |
911 |
919 |
910 |
922 |
TN |
1044 |
1042 |
1029 |
1027 |
1012 |
1007 |
992 |
978 |
977 |
974 |
986 |
UP |
938 |
916 |
908 |
903 |
907 |
998 |
907 |
876 |
882 |
876 |
898 |
WB |
945 |
925 |
905 |
890 |
852 |
865 |
878 |
891 |
911 |
917 |
934 |
India |
972 |
964 |
955 |
950 |
945 |
946 |
941 |
930 |
934 |
927 |
933 |
The two states which achieved the largest increases in sex ratio over the period 1901-2001 are