1. A person who can only read but cannot write is not defined literate.
2. Children below 5 years of age are not taken into consideration even if they are able to read and write.
3. For the purpose of census, a person is deemed literate if he or she can read and write with understanding in any of the 22 languages mentioned in the constitution.
4. The fact that a district has attained hundred percent literacy does not mean that the entire population in the district is literate.
2. Children below 5 years of age are not taken into consideration even if they are able to read and write.
3. For the purpose of census, a person is deemed literate if he or she can read and write with understanding in any of the 22 languages mentioned in the constitution.
4. The fact that a district has attained hundred percent literacy does not mean that the entire population in the district is literate.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a) 1, 3 and 4 only
b) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) 1, 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 4 only
a) 1, 3 and 4 only
b) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) 1, 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 4 only
Ans- b
Explanation- Statement 1 is wrong as it is vague and incomplete. By the prevailing Census definition, anyone above the age of seven who can read and write with understanding in any language is considered ‘literate’.Therefore, it includes scheduled languages too
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