GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN ECONOMY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
During the time of Indian independence what was the literacy rate?
A
less than 15%
B
less than 16%
C
less than 18%
D
less than 12%
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The comprehensive literacy level was less than 16%. Out of 16%, the female literacy level was low, at about 7%. Public health facilities were either unavailable to extensive parts of the population or when obtainable were highly lacking.

Detailed explanation-2: -Q. The literacy rate in 1951 was 18.33%. This improved to 77.7% in 2017.

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