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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 geography punjab along the plains northern plains northern plains of india

The density of cattle population per 100 hectares of gross cropped area is highest in _________.

  1. Bihar

  2. Haryana

  3. Madhya Pradesh

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

Haryana has a high density of cattle relative to its gross cropped area due to its intensive agricultural and dairy farming practices. This is a standard statistic in Indian agricultural geography.

Multiple choice geography punjab along the plains northern plains northern plains of india

The Indian states that have highest net sown area respectively are ______.

  1. Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh,Tamil Nadu

  2. Haryana, Punjab, Bihar

  3. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala

  4. Bihar, Bengal, Assam
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

B.  Haryana, Punjab, Bihar

It may be noted that agricultural prosperity does not depend as much as on the total net sown area as it does on the percentage of net sown area to the total reporting area. There are large variations in the proportion of net sown area to total reporting area from one state to another Punjab and Haryana had some of the highest proportions of 84.2 and 80.7 per cent respectively.

Large tracts of the Indo-Ganga plain in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and in coastal regions have large percentage of area sown more than once.

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Which one of the following states accounts for the bulk of production of coal in India?

  1. Madhya Pradesh

  2. Maharashtra

  3. Jharkhand

  4. Odisha
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Earlier Bihar was the largest coal producer in India, but now after the division of Bihar the first position in production of coal is achieved by Jharkhand.

Multiple choice geography the main crops of india agricultural seasons and crops cash crops plantation of crops

Which one of the following areas of India produces largest amount of cotton?

  1. North western India and Gangetic West Bengal

  2. North western and western India

  3. Western and southern India

  4. Plains of northern India
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Northwestern India (including Gujarat and Punjab) and western India (Maharashtra) are the primary regions for cotton cultivation due to the favorable black soil and climate.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops agricultural seasons and crops cash crops plantation of crops

Which of the following States has the largest concentration of tea plantation in India?

  1. Arunachal Pradesh

  2. Assam

  3. Bihar

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

Assam accounts for over 51% of total production of tea in India. Firstly, tea plantation was imported to Assam from China and then it spread to Daljeeling and then to South India.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops agricultural seasons and crops cash crops plantation of crops

Which state is the largest producer of tea?

  1. Assam

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Kerala

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

  • Tea is one of the important cash crops in India. Assam is the largest producer of tea. Each year, the tea estates of Assam collectively yield approximately 1,500 million pounds (680,400,000 kg) of tea.
  • Assam and West Bengal together constitute 2/3rd of total tea production of India.