Question

What is the mascot of the 2011 India Census?

• A. A woman enumerator
• B. Our Census, Our Future
• C. A tiger
• D. An old man with a stick

Hint:

The mascot represented the field staff who go door to door collecting census data.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

This question checks a specific fact about the way the Census of India 2011 was publicised. A census this large needs a simple, friendly face to make ordinary people trust the survey takers who come to their door, and the option that describes that face is the correct one.

1. A woman enumerator: For Census 2011, the Government of India used a cartoon figure of a woman census enumerator, shown with a notepad, as the official mascot. She appeared on posters, pamphlets, and promotional material to represent the field staff who visit every household to record data.
2. Our Census, Our Future: This reads like a slogan rather than a mascot. It is not the name or image used as the census mascot.
3. A tiger: Tigers are used as mascots for wildlife or sports campaigns in India, not for the census.
4. An old man with a stick: No such figure was used for Census 2011.

Because the actual field staff going house to house to collect data were enumerators, many of them women, the census authorities chose a woman enumerator as the human, approachable symbol of the exercise.

Let's summarize:

• Census 2011 used a woman census enumerator as its official mascot.
• The mascot matched the real job of the field staff who collected the data.

The correct answer is a woman enumerator.