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Indian States Geography

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Indian states geography involves analyzing demographic data, crop production, and geographical area rankings across the country. This is a highly tested section in staff selection and civil services preliminary exams. The practice questions focus on population density, literacy rates, and regional agricultural outputs.

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Indian States Geography Questions

Multiple choice civics population and settlement education, healthcare and human resource development concepts of individualism and society individual and society

Which of the following place have highest density of population in India?

  1. Bihar

  2. Punjab

  3. Delhi

  4. Karnataka
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Population density is defined as the number of people present per square kilometre. Population density of India according to 2011 census is 382 persons per square kilometre. Delhi has the highest population density which is 11,297 per square kilometre.

Multiple choice civics population and settlement education, healthcare and human resource development concepts of individualism and society individual and society

State or union territory with maximum sex ration after Kerala is __________.

  1. Lakshadweep

  2. Karnataka

  3. Puducherry

  4. Andhrapradesh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Sex ratio is the number of females present per 1000 males in an area. Puducherry has highest sex ratio after Kerala. It is 1,031 females for every 1,000 males.

Multiple choice civics population and settlement education, healthcare and human resource development concepts of individualism and society individual and society

State with least population density is _______________.

  1. Arunachal Pradesh

  2. Assam

  3. Manipur

  4. Mizoram
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Population density is defined as the number of people present per square kilometre. Population density of India according to 2011 census is 382 persons per square kilometre.

Arunachal Pradesh is the state of India with least population density. According to 2011 census, population density of this state was 17/square kilometre.

Multiple choice civics population and settlement education, healthcare and human resource development concepts of individualism and society individual and society

Which is the least literate state in India?

  1. Bihar

  2. Uttar Pradesh

  3. Madhya Pradesh

  4. Rajasthan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The state with lowest literacy rate is Bihar. The literacy recorded in Bihar is 63.82 according to 2011 census. The state has a male literacy of 73.39 and a female literacy rate of 53.33%.

Multiple choice civics following the mahatma - part 2 flow of refugees and integration of princely states the indian independence act, 1947 constitution and the first general election

______ was the largest princely state in India.

  1. Junagad

  2. Jhansi

  3. Jodhpur

  4. Hyderabad
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Princely states were a part of Indian subcontinent which were under indirect rule of the British. Hyderabad was the largest princely state in India. Osman Ali Khan was its last Nizam who did not want unification with the India. It became a part of Independent India after its accession into the Indian Union on 24 November 1949.

Multiple choice civics agriculture in india - i : introduction agricultural reforms indian agriculture problem and policies plantation of crops

Which one of the following is the leading producer of inland fish?

  1. Bihar

  2. Maharashtra

  3. Uttar Pradesh

  4. West Bengal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
West Bengal
West Bengal is the largest fish producing states in India, Catla fish is one of the very popular freshwater fish in West Bengal and has very high growth and market demand.
Multiple choice civics agriculture in india - i : introduction agricultural reforms indian agriculture problem and policies plantation of crops

Highest area under production of cut flowers is seen in _______________.

  1. Karnataka

  2. Maharashtra

  3. West Bengal

  4. Telangana
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Cut flowers are the flowers cut along with leaf and a bit of stem usually for decorative purposes. These are mostly flower buds. Highest area under production of cut flowers is seen in West Bengal.

Multiple choice civics agriculture in india - i : introduction agricultural reforms indian agriculture problem and policies plantation of crops

Highest area under production of fresh flowers is seen in ______________.

  1. Karnataka

  2. Maharashtra

  3. Tamilnadu

  4. Telangana
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Production of flowers of different varieties by plant breeding technique is one of the main functions of floriculture. Highest area under production of fresh flowers is seen in Karnataka. About 29,700 hectares of land in Karnataka is under floriculture cultivation. 

Multiple choice rural development poverty rural economics economics

In which state the percentage of people living below poverty line is the largest? (Census 2010-11)

  1. Odisha

  2. Bihar

  3. M.P

  4. U.P
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

As per Census 2010-11 data, the percentage of population living below povery line is the highest in Bihar at 39.40%.

Multiple choice general knowledge resources of india and world animal husbandry and fishery green and white revolution agriculture in indian economy

The state which records the highest productivity of fish (per unit area) in India is _________.

  1. Kerala

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Odisha

  4. West Bengal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Kerala is widely recognized for having the highest fish productivity per unit area in India due to its extensive coastline and favorable backwater conditions.

Multiple choice zoology human population population ecology population size population and how it changes

Name the union territory having the highest density of population?

  1. Chandigarh

  2. Delhi

  3. Puducherry (Pondicherry)

  4. Daman and Diu
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Increasing population is a challenging issue for the developing country like India. If the population increases more than its carrying capacity it may lead to food crisis resulting in famines, hunger and poor health, acute shortage of shelter and clothing. Spreading awareness among the people about the ill-effects of increasing population may be helpful to control the over increasing population. 

India is the second largest population country in the world. In India Uttar Pradesh, is the most populated state. Delhi is the highest populated union territory of India.
So, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice zoology human population population ecology population size population and how it changes

Indian state having highest population density is

  1. Kerala

  2. West Bengal

  3. Maharashtra

  4. Punjab
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

West Bengal is the state with highest population density in India. According to the 2001 census, West Bengal has a population density of 903. Total population of West Bengal (as per 2001 census) is 8,01,76,197 and its area is 88,752 sq km.