Miscellaneous (Indian Geography) Part-I

Total Questions: 50

41. Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

Correct Answer: (b) Indo-Aryan
Solution:The largest linguistic group of India is Indo-Aryan. This is most important family of Indian languages and comprises of all the principal languages including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Sindhi, Rajasthani, Assamese, Odiya, Kashmiri, Urdu, and Sanskrit.

42. Which one of the following belongs to the Austric group? [U.P.S.C.(Pre) 1998]

Correct Answer: (c) Khasi
Solution:The language of Austric group (Austro-Asiatic) are Khasi, Santhali, Mundari and Bhumij etc. It is language spoken by the Indian tribes.

43. Consider the map given below: [U.P.S.C.(Pre) 1997]

The predominant language spoken in the area marked A, B, C and D are respectively:

Correct Answer: (c) Brajbhasha, Awadhi, Bhojpuri and Maithili
Solution:In the area marked as 'A', Brajbhasha is spoken. In the area marked 'B', Awadhi is spoken. In the area marked 'C' Bhojpuri is spoken, and in area marked as 'D', Maithili is spoken which is the area of North Bihar.

44. Which of the following was given the classical language status in 2014? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

Correct Answer: (a) Odiya
Solution:Odiya became the sixth language of the country to get classical language status on 20 Feb, 2014. Classical language status was given to Tamil in 2004, Sanskrit in 2005, Telugu and Kannada in 2008 and Malayalam in 2013.

45. Which state is the largest 'silk' producing state? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S.(PRE) 2005]

Correct Answer: (c) Karnataka
Solution:According to the 2021-22 data, Karnataka is the leading producer of mulberry silk, contributing 42.75% of the total mulberry silk production in the country. Out of the total raw silk production in India, 32.33% is produced by Karnataka.

46. More than three-fourths of India's production of raw silk comes from: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

Correct Answer: (a) Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
Solution:When the question was asked three- fourth of India's s total raw silk production came from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh Presently, 2021-22 these two states jointly account for more than 57.77% of the total raw silk production of the country.

47. The leading mulberry silk producing Indian state is: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

Correct Answer: (c) Karnataka
Solution:When the question was asked three- fourth of India's s total raw silk production came from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh Presently, 2021-22 these two states jointly account for more than 57.77% of the total raw silk production of the country.

48. Muga is such a variety of silk which is obtained in the world only from India in: [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (MAINS) 2008]

Correct Answer: (a) Assam
Solution:One of the rarest silks in the world is the Muga silk. In the year 2021-22 Assam (80.84%) and Meghalaya (15.71%) are the major producer of Muga silk.

49. The discovery of Oak flora in 1966 added a new chapter to the history of Indian Sericulture. Which one of the following states is the leading producer of Oak Tasar silk? [I.A.S. (Pre) 1998]

Correct Answer: (c) Manipur
Solution:Jharkhand is currently the leading state to produce tasar silk in India. Tasar silk is divided into two categories namely tropical tasar and Oak tasar . Tropical tasar is produced the maximum in Jharkhand while Oak tasar is produced in Manipur. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.

50. Which of the following states of India is the largest producer of silk textiles? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]

Correct Answer: (a) Karnataka
Solution:Karnataka is the largest producer of silk garments in India and Andhra Pradesh is the second largest producer of silk garments. India has the unique distinction of being the only country producing all the five known commercial silks, namely, mulberry, tropical tasar, oak tasar, eri and muga. India is the second largest producer of silk in the world.