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    Question

    In which year was the first Census conducted?

    A 1872 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 1881 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 1891 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 1901 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E 1949 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The decennial Census of India has been conducted 15 times, As of 2011. Census has been conducted every 10 years, beginning in 1872, the first complete census was taken in the year 1881.Post 1949, it has been conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. All the census since 1951 are conducted under 1948 Census of India Act.

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