Which of the following is/are true?

1) India has more elderly women than men.

2) However the sex ratio of the country’s 60-plus population declined in 2011 from 2001.

a. Only 1

b. Only 2

c. Both 1 and 2

d. Neither 1 nor 2

ANSWER: Only 1

Explanation:

Women outlast their husbands by an average of seven years.

India has more elderly women than men with the sex ratio of the country’s 60-plus population recorded at 1,033 women per 1,000 men in the 2011 Census, up from 1,029 in the 2001 census.

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has put out these figures in the latest National Sample Survey report on ‘Health in India’, which notes that the share of 60-plus women is higher than that of men in both rural and urban areas.