New demographic data in China showed that the country had more deaths than births last year. Here is a quiz on demographics in India’s most populated neighbour

Question 1

Which province (equivalent to the State in India) has the highest population in China?

Question 2

Which province, which is not an “autonomous region”, has the lowest population in China?

Question 3

One of the more culturally and linguistically diverse provinces in China, this province also holds the distinction of hosting the highest proportion of Buddhists in the country. Name the province.

Question 4

While the capital city, Beijing, has the second highest population of all cities in China, which city holds the distinction of having the highest?

Question 5

While more than 91% of China’s demography identify themselves as “Han Chinese” — which is also the world’s largest ethnic group by population — this group constituting 1.39% of the population is the largest ethnic minority in the country. Name this Tai-speaking group that is not very divergent from the Han Chinese ethnically.

Questions (abridged) and Answers to the previous day’s daily quiz: 1. This Kipling poem set in colonial Burma was later sung by this famous American singer and actor. Ans: Mandalay; Frank Sinatra

2. In 2002, this collection of stories featured on a series of U.K. postage stamps. Ans: Just So Stories

3. In 2012, this species was named after Rudyard Kipling. Ans: Crocodile; Goniopholis kiplingi

4. Learoyd, Mulvaney, and Ortheris are the characters from this Kipling story published in this book. Ans: The Three Musketeers, Plain Tales from the Hills

5. This is the title of a semi-autobiographical short story by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1888. Ans: Baa Baa, Black Sheep

Visual: Identify these famous characters from this book which was set in this place in Madhya Pradesh. Ans: Mowgli, Baloo; The Jungle Book; Seonee

Early Birds: Gayatri Deepthi| Prakriti Roy