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Indian States and Union Territories

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Indian States and Union Territories Questions

Multiple choice

The Haritha Haram program of Telangana state government has been undertaken by which state government department(s)?

  1. Forest Department and District Water Management Agency

  2. State Water works and sewage authority

  3. State power grid

  4. Child and woman empowerment
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Flagship program of the Telengana state government named Telanganaku Haritha Haram envisages increasing the green cover of the State from the present 25.16 to 33 per cent of the total geographical area. A total of 230 crore seedlings would be raised in the coming three years starting the first week of July celebrated as ‘Green Week’. Fifty lakh saplings would be planted in GHMC limits alone this monsoon. Forest Department and District Water Management Agency (DWMA) have made ready 41 crore saplings for this year. Rs. 325 crore has been set aside in the FY 2015-16 for the purpose.

Multiple choice

Which of the following sets of states stands to benefit the most from Konkan Railway?

  1. Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala

  2. Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala

  3. Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Coa, Maharashtra

  4. Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Konkan Railway route connects Roha in Maharashtra with Mangalore in Karnataka. Konkan Railway was established with the partnership of three states, Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.

Multiple choice zoology environmental issues solid waste management

Which state proposed a ban on all types of polythene packing for the first time in India?

  1. Himachal Pradesh

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Kerala

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

Himachal Pradesh was the first state in India to impose a comprehensive ban on the use of polythene bags to combat environmental pollution.

Multiple choice social science water a precious resource water harvesting water resources and conservation water management

.......... is the first and the only state in India, which has made roof top rain water harvesting structure and is compulsory to all the houses across the state.

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Andhra Pradesh

  3. Maharashtra

  4. Madhya Pradesh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Tamil Nadu is the first and the only state in India which has made roof top rain water harvesting structure and is compulsory to all the houses across the state. The harvesting of rainwater simply involves the collection of water from surfaces on which rain falls, and subsequently storing this water for later use. The practice has been patchy in many parts of the country, but Tamil Nadu’s experiment with the alternative water conservation technique is a rare success story.
The Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) scheme, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, was launched in 2001 in a bid to rejuvenate water sources and improve ground water levels in the parched southern state.
So, the correct answer is option A.
Multiple choice civics right to information legal awareness and right to information right to information (rti) consumer and legal awareness and right to information

Which state is not covered in RTI?

  1. Assam

  2. West Bengal

  3. Jammu and Kashmir

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

The Act covers the whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir, where J&K Right to Information Act  is in force. It covers all constitutional authorities, including the executive, legislature and judiciary; any institution or body established or constituted by an act of Parliament or a state legislature. It is also defined in the Act that bodies or authorities established or constituted by order or notification of appropriate government including bodies "owned, controlled or substantially financed" by government, or non-Government organizations "substantially financed, directly or indirectly by funds"

Multiple choice nutrition and health status introduction to tamil nadu economy tamil nadu economy food security and nutrition economics

Which of the following State is a terminus for the Golden Quadrilateral project that connects four major metropolitan cities in India?

  1. Karnataka

  2. Kerala

  3. Tamilnadu

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

Golden Quadrilateral is a network of highways connecting India's four top metropolitan cities, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, thereby, forming a quadrilateral. The largest highway project in India, the Golden Quadrilateral project was launched in 2001 as part of National Highways Development Project (NHDP). Tamilnadu is a terminus for the Golden Quadrilateral project that connects four major metropolitan cities in India.

Multiple choice history independent india integration of princely states merger of princely state fulfillment of struggle for independence

Which of the following was not a central territory till 2019 ?

  1. Pondicherry

  2. Chandigarh

  3. Jammu and Kashmir

  4. Lakshadweep
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C Correct answer
Explanation

A Union Territory is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India. Unlike the states of India, which have their own governments, union territories are federal territories governed directly by the Central Government of India

In August 2019, the Parliament of India passed the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019. The act contains provisions to reconstitute the state of  Jammu & Kashmir into two union territories, one to be eponymously called Jammu & Kashmir, and the other Ladakh on 31 October 2019.

Multiple choice civics state factors of a state introduction to philosophical state the state government (part-ii)

In India, special status is being given to the ______________.

  1. Assam

  2. Bihar

  3. Jammu and Kashmir

  4. Mumbai
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Article 370 of the Indian constitution gave special status to J & K. This article allowed J & K to have a separate constitution, a state flag, and autonomy over the internal administration of the state. 

On August 5, 2019, a Presidential order was issued, the constitution order 2019 which superseded the constitution order 1954 which made all provisions of the Indian constitution applicable to J & K. 
Following the resolution passed in both house of the parliament, the President of India issued a further order on August 6, 2019, declaring all the clauses of Article 370 except clause 1 to be inoperative.