1. What is the current population of India?
1,173,108,018
2. What is the total fertility rate in India?
2.65 children born/woman
3. What percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line?
25%
4. Briefly describe two terrorist attacks inside India.
Islamic terrorists bombed a resturaunt in the city of Pune. This attack killied 17 people on February 13. Terrorists also bombed a small bakery, over 50 people were wounded and 9 people were killed on that same exact day in New Delhi.
5. The Human Development Report of the United Nations ranks the counties of the world by poverty. Where does India rank on this list?
India is 119th of 169 countries.
6. Briefly describe the effects of the monsoons on India.
Monsoons have flooded cities, farms, & villages that kill citizens and animals. Monsoons cause also cause homes to be destroyed.
7. What are some of the problems India has getting clean water to its people?This water is contaminated by methane gas which means you cant bath or drink the water. Their water and sewage systems are very poor as well.
8. What is the literacy rate in India?
total - 61%.
males - 73.4%
women - 47.8%
people over 15 years of age can read and write
9. What are the major religions in India?
Hindu - 80.5%
Muslim - 13.4%.
Christian - 2.3%
Sikh - 1.9%
other - 1.8%
unspecified - 0.1%.
10. When did India achieve independence, and from what country?
India gained independence from England in 1947.
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