Statement-I: According to statistics, more female children, are born each year than male children in India. Statement-II: In India, the death rate of a male child is higher than that of the female child.

- Statement I claims that more female children are born each year than male children in India. This is factually incorrect. Biologically, the natural sex ratio at birth is slightly skewed towards males (around 105-106 male births per 100 female births globally). In India, the sex ratio at birth has historically been skewed against females due to sex-selective practices, meaning fewer females are born compared to males than the biological norm. Thus, Statement I is false. - Statement II states that the death rate of a male child is higher than that of the female child in India. This is generally true due to biological factors that lead to higher male mortality across most age groups, including childhood. While socio-cultural factors in India can sometimes disadvantage female children, the intrinsic biological reality of higher male mortality holds for aggregate child death rates. Thus, Statement II is true.