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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

Which Indian state has the highest literacy rate?

  1. Goa

  2. Maharastra

  3. Kerala

  4. Tamilnadu
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Kerala has consistently maintained the highest literacy rate among all Indian states for several decades. This is attributed to the state's long-standing focus on education and social development.

Multiple choice

Largest state of India is

  1. Rajasthan

  2. Madhya pradesh

  3. Maharashtra

  4. A P
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Rajasthan is the largest state in India by land area, covering approximately 342,239 square kilometers.

Multiple choice social studies transport, communication and trade means of transport - roadways means of transport human environment - settlement, transport and communication

Which of the following States has the largest kilometrage of National Highways in India?

  1. Andhra Pradesh

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Rajasthan

  4. Uttar Pradesh
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Uttar Pradesh has historically maintained the largest network of National Highways in India due to its large geographical area and central location.

Multiple choice social studies transport, communication and trade means of transport - roadways means of transport human environment - settlement, transport and communication

Which is the longest road of India?

  1. Pathankot Jammu Road

  2. Great Deccan Road

  3. Grand Trunk Road

  4. Mahatma Gandhi Road
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C Correct answer
Explanation

  • The Grand Trunk Road is not only in India's but one of the of South Asia's oldest and longest major roads. The road often called the "Gernaili Sadak" (the Generals' Road) and Sadak-e-Azam ('The Grand Road') covers a distance of over 2,500 kilometers (1,600 mi). It was built by Sher Shah Suri.
  • At present, it extends from Amritsar to Kolkata. It is bifurcated into 2 segments : (a) National Highway (NH)-1 from Delhi to Amritsar, and (b) NH- 2 from Delhi to Kolkata.

Multiple choice social studies transport, communication and trade means of transport - roadways means of transport human environment - settlement, transport and communication

Road density in India is highest in the state of _________.

  1. Karnataka

  2. Kerala

  3. Tamil Nadu

  4. Andhra Pradesh
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B Correct answer
Explanation

  • Road density is the ratio of the length of the country's total road network to the country's land area. It is expressed in km of state roads per 100 km2.
  • The distribution of roads is highly uneven in India. The road density is highest in Kerala with 375 kms and the least in Jammu & Kashmir with just 10 kms.

Multiple choice social studies transport, communication and trade means of transport - roadways means of transport human environment - settlement, transport and communication

Which one of the following states has the highest density of roads?

  1. Goa

  2. Maharashtra

  3. Kerala

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

Kerala has the highest road density and Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) has the lowest road density.

Road density is the ratio of "country's land area" to the total length of the road network of the country. Indian road network includes national roads, motorways, secondary or regional roads, highways, and rural and urban roads.

Multiple choice civics local self-government-rural our district physical geography of rajasthan introduction to local self-government

____________ is the largest state of India.

  1. Rajasthan

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Uttar Pradesh

  4. Maharashtra
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Rajasthan, the largest state of India, has an area of 3,42,239 sq km. Rajasthan covers the territory which has a very mature topography, developed during the thousands of years of denudation and erosional processes.

Multiple choice economics indian economy on the eve of independence demographic condition and infrastructure development experience (1947-90) population and human resource development

As per census 2011 ________ has highest population density.

  1. Chandigarh

  2. Arunachal Pradesh

  3. A & N Island

  4. NCT
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The population density of India in 2011 was 382 per sq km. The rate of increase in density of India has exhibited a sharp decline during 2001- 2011 (17.5 per cent) as compared to 1991-2001 (21.7 per cent).

 NCT of Delhi with population density 11, 297 is the most thickly populated

Multiple choice economics indian economy on the eve of independence demographic condition and infrastructure development experience (1947-90) population and human resource development

___________ is the most populated state as per Census 2011.

  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Kerala

  4. Lakshadweep
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A Correct answer
Explanation

As per consensus of India 2011, the population of India is 1,210,193,422. According to the numbers, Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state with 199,812,341 people.

Multiple choice economics indian economy on the eve of independence demographic condition and infrastructure development experience (1947-90) population and human resource development

_________ is the least populated state as per Census 2011.

  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Kerala

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

As per consensus of India 2011, the population of India is 1,210,193,422. According to the numbers, Lakshadweep  is least populous  with 64,473 people of which male and female are 33,123 and 31,350 respectively.