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Indian Socio-Economic Indicators

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Indian socio-economic indicators cover vital statistics like literacy rates, forest cover, agricultural dependency, and population growth. These quantitative facts are crucial for general awareness and state-level exams. Test your knowledge of demographic and economic data here.

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Indian Socio-Economic Indicators Questions

Multiple choice

Match the columns showing Indian states and their respective forest covers:

 
a. More than 40 percent 1. Himachal Pradesh
b. Between 20 - 40 percent 2. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Less than 10 percent 3. Sikkim

  1. a - 1, b - 2, c - 3

  2. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1

  3. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2

  4. a - 2, b - 1, c - 3

  5. a - 3, b - 2, c - 1
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct matching. More than 40 percent forest cover - Sikkim (45.97 percent); between 20 -40 percent - Himachal Pradesh (25.78 percent);less than 10 percent - Jammu and Kashmir (9.57 percent).

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. Out of a total of 593 districts,188 have been identified as tribal districts. b. The tribal districts account for about 33.63 percent of the total forest cover of the country. c. The geographical area of the tribal districts forms only 59. 61 33.63 percent of the total geographical area of the country.

  1. a only

  2. b only

  3. c only

  4. b and c

  5. a, b and c
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as both these statements are incorrect. 

The tribal districts account for about 59.61 percent of the total forest cover of the country.

The geographical area of the tribal districts forms only 33.63 percent of the total geographical areas of the country.  

Multiple choice

The reservation of seats for women in Panchayati Raj Institution is

  1. 30% of the total seats

  2. 33% of the total seats

  3. 33% of the total population

  4. in proportion to their population
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act mandates that not less than one-third (33%) of the total number of seats in Panchayati Raj Institutions be reserved for women.