Q. Population of India was approximately …… million at the time of independence

A) 350 million
B) 400 million
C) 500 million
D) 600 million
Explanation

350 billion. Tremendous increase in the size and growth of the population is called population explosion. Human World Population [table] Year | Population ; 1700 AD | 0.6 billion ; 1850 | 1 billion ; 1930 | 2 billion ; 1965 | 3.5 billion ; 1975 | 4 billion ; 1990 | 5 billion ; 2000 | 6.1 billion ; 2011 | 7 billion [/table] Population of India 1901-2011 [table] Year | Population ; 1901 | 238, 396, 327 ; 1911 | 252, 093, 390 ; 1921 | 251, 321, 213 ; 1931 | 278, 977, 238 ; 1941 | 318, 660, 580 ; 1951 | 361, 088, 090 ; 1961 | 439, 234, 771 ; 1971 | 548, 159, 652 ; 1981 | 685, 148, 692 ; 1991 | 843, 930, 861 ; 2001 | 1,027, 015, 247 ; 2011 | 1,210, 193, 422 [/table]

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