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When the British rule ended in India in the year 1947 the literacy rate was just ______
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When the British rule ended in India in the year 1947 the literacy rate was just ______

A.

12 percent

B.

22 percent

C.

18 percent

D.

20 percent

Correct option is A

The answer is (a).
 When the British rule ended in India in the year 1947 the literacy rate was just 12%. Over the years, India has changed socially, economically, and globally.
 According to the 2011 Census of India, the overall rate of literacy is 73 per cent. While the rate of literacy for men is 80.9 per cent, for women it is 65.46 per cent.

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