Indian States and Union Territories

Correct answer is option (3). 

Correct answer is option (1). 

Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, popularly known as YSR, served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 until his death in 2009. He was a prominent Indian National Congress leader known for his welfare schemes.

Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are not major wheat-producing states. India's primary wheat producers are Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Bihar, located in the fertile Indo-Gangetic plains with suitable climate and irrigation. TN grows rice, while MP has mixed agriculture but isn't a top wheat producer.

National Highway 6 passes through Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhatisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal. This road is 1,949 km long.

Both Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka share their boundary with the maximum number of Indian states.

Namchik Namphuk coalfields are located in Arunachal Pradesh.

The first non-Congress state government in independent India was formed in Kerala in 1957, led by E.M.S. Namboodiripad of the Communist Party of India. This was a historic moment as it was the first democratically elected communist government in the world. This happened through the 1957 elections after the states reorganization.

Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh in 2000 after Parliament passed the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act. It became India's 26th state on November 1, 2000.

Jammu and Kashmir had special constitutional status under Article 370, which gave it significant autonomy. The RBI did not handle the state government's business transactions. This special status existed until the constitutional changes in 2019. Other states listed are served by RBI.

Correct Answer: State PWD

According to the Indian Census data, Uttar Pradesh has the largest absolute population of Scheduled Castes (SC) among all states in India. Punjab, however, has the highest percentage share of Scheduled Castes relative to its total population.

Sikkim and Goa are among the smaller states that had not established Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) for a significant period after the RRB scheme was launched. RRBs were established to provide banking facilities in rural areas.

Puducherry (Pondicherry) is the only union territory with territorial areas spread across three states - Tamil Nadu (Pondicherry and Karaikal), Kerala (Mahe), and Andhra Pradesh (Yanam). Delhi is a single entity, Chandigarh serves two states but isn't spread across three, making Puducherry the unique answer.

Pratibha Patil, the 12th President of India (2007-2012), was born in Nadgaon village in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. She was the first woman to serve as President of India. Rajasthan is her birthplace by some accounts, but she represented Maharashtra in politics.