Question

As per the census of 2001, the population of four states are given below. Arrange the states in ascending and descending order of their population.

State	Population
Tamil Nadu	72147030
Rajasthan	68548437
Madhya Pradesh	72626809
West Bengal	91276115

Answer 1

All the four values have 8 digits 

Comparing the leftmost digits we have 

91276115, 72626809, 72147030, 68548437 

Descending order: 91276115 > 72626809 > 72147030 > 68548437 

Ascending order: 68548437 < 72147030 < 72626809 < 91276115 

Ascending order: Rajasthan < Tamil Nadu < Madhy Pradesh < West 

Bengal 

Descending order: West Bengal > Madhya Pradesh > TamilNadu > Rajasthan