QUIZ : 03 - Current Affairs_2015 - INDIAN STATES Special_I
1. Which of the following statements are correct as per the India State of Forest Report – 2015
1) The country’s forest cover rose 3700 sq km between 2013 and 2015.
2) India has created a ‘carbon sink’ of 103 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent between 2013 and 2015.
a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both 1 and 2
d) None
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2. As per the India State of Forest Report – 2015, which Union Territory has the highest % of forest cover w.r.t. its geographical area
a) Chandigarh
b) Lakshadweep
c) Andaman & Nicobar
d) Puducherry
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3. As per the latest India State of Forest Report 2015 by Forest Survey of India, the total forest cover of the country w.r.t. to its geographical area is
a) 17.74%
b) 21.34%
c) 23.87%
d) 26.42%
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4. As per the latest India State of Forest Report 2015 by Forest Survey of India, the state with the largest forest cover in terms of area in the country is
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Mizoram
c) Maharashtra
d) Madhya Pradesh
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5. As per the latest India State of Forest Report 2015 by Forest Survey of India, the State with the largest percentage of forest cover w.r.t. to its geographical area is
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Mizoram
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Tripura
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6. As per the latest India State of Forest Report 2015 by Forest Survey of India, the total tree cover of the country w.r.t. to its geographical area is
a) 2.82%
b) 3.48%
c) 4.73%
d) 17.74%
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7. As per the latest India State of Forest Report 2015 by Forest Survey of India, the state with the largest tree cover in terms of area in the country is
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Mizoram
c) Maharashtra
d) Madhya Pradesh
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8. As per the latest India State of Forest Report 2015 by Forest Survey of India, the State/UT with the largest percentage of tree cover w.r.t. to its geographical area is
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Andaman & Nicobar
c) Maharashtra
d) Lakshadweep
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9. A 4000 MW Ultra Mega Green Solar Power Project (UMPP) is being built in
a) Gujarat
b) Rajasthan
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Tamil Nadu
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10. Union government proposed which of the state to be a bamboo state
a) Nagaland
b) Manipur
c) Mizoram
d) Arunachal Pradesh
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11. Haryana has recently enacted a law that made minimum educational qualification compulsary for contesting Panchayati Elections. Apart from Haryana, which is the only other state of India to fix minimum educational qualification for those contesting Panchayati polls
a) Rajasthan
b) Uttarakhand
c) Karnataka
d) Gujarat
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12. Which of the following state has recently banned Polythene bags
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Goa
d) Uttar Pradesh
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13. Chief Minister of which state has recently announced Liquor ban in the state form 1 April, 2016
a) Bihar
b) Odisha
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh
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14. As per Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in the year 2014-15, which is the fastest growing state in India
a) Bihar
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Mizoram
d) Meghalaya
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15. As per the Swachh Bharat rankings (first ever cleanliness ranking of cities since Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in October 2014), the cleanest city of India is
a) Mysuru
b) Chandigarh
c) Surat
d) Tiruchirapalli
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16. As per the Swachh Bharat rankings (first ever cleanliness ranking of cities since Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in October 2014), the dirtiest city of India is
a) Dhanbad
b) Patna
c) Varanasi
d) Delhi
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17. India’s first double decker Shatabdi express has recently been introduced by railways. The train will run between
a) New Delhi – Agra
b) Mumbai – Goa
c) New Delhi – Lucknow
d) New Delhi – Chandigarh
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18. Prime Minister recently laid down the foundation stone of the new capital of Andhra Pradesh at
a) Vijaywada
b) Visakhapatnam
c) Guntur
d) Amaravati
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19. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced that a memorial would be built and developed in the memory of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam in
a) Rameswaram
b) Tiruchirappalli
c) Madurai
d) Kumbakonam
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20. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on June 29, 2015 flagged off the first Metro rail in Chennai from Alandur station to Koyambedu. This makes the Chennai ______ city in India where Metro rail system is operational
a) 5th
b) 6th
c) 7th
d) 8th
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EXPLANATIONS:
2. States/UTs with largest percentage of forest cover w.r.t. their geographical area in decreasing order are Mizoram (88.93%), Lakshadweep (84.56%), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (81.84%), Arunachal Pradesh (80.30%), Nagaland (78.21%), Meghalaya (76.76%), Manipur (76.11%) and Tripura (74.49%).
4. Top 5 States with largest forest cover in terms of area in decreasing order are Madhya Pradesh (77462 sq km), Arunachal Pradesh (67248 sq km), Chhattisgarh (55586 sq km), Maharashtra (50628 sq km) and Odisha (50354 sq km).
5. Madhya Pradesh has the largest area under forest cover (154497 sq km) but the % of forest area with respect to total area is about 34.84%. On the other hand forest area of Mizoram is only 15935 sq km, but the % of forest area with respect to total area is about 75.59%.
States/UTs with largest percentage of forest cover w.r.t. their geographical area in decreasing order are Mizoram (88.93%), Lakshadweep (84.56%), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (81.84%), Arunachal Pradesh (80.30%), Nagaland (78.21%), Meghalaya (76.76%), Manipur (76.11%) and Tripura (74.49%). A total of 15 States/UTs have above 33% of the geographical area under forest cover.
7. States with largest tree cover in terms of area in decreasing order are Maharashtra (9558 sq km), Jammu & Kashmir (8354 sq km), Rajasthan (8269 sq km) and Gujarat (7914 sq km).
8. States/UTs with largest percentage of tree cover w.r.t. their geographical area in decreasing order are Lakshadweep (12.50%), Daman & Diu (9.18%), Goa (8.78%) and Chandigarh (7.80%).
17. NOTE: India's first double-decker train was flagged off in October 2011 and it still operates between Howrah in West Bengal and Dhanbad in Jharkhand.
19. Paying rich tribute to ‘People’s President’ Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on his 84th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi annouced on October 15, 2015 that a memorial would be built and developed in his memory in Dr. Kalam’s birth place Rameswaram.
20. Chennai is the sixth Indian city to have the metro after Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Mumbai and Jaipur.