According to the Census of 2011, which is the most populous district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Bhopal
- B.Jabalpur
- C.Indore
- D.Gwalior
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Indore. Indore, the commercial capital of the state, was the most populous district in the 2011 Census, while Harda was the least populous. Option A is wrong because Bhopal, the state capital, holds a different extreme: it is the district with the highest density of population, the lowest density being in Dindori. Option B is wrong because Jabalpur is remembered for the highest literacy rate of the state in the same Census, with Alirajpur the lowest. Option D is wrong because Gwalior, large and historic as it is, holds none of these extremes. These four district pairs, Indore against Harda, Bhopal against Dindori, Jabalpur against Alirajpur and Balaghat against Bhind, cover almost every question of this type. In revision, say the four extremes aloud as one line, because a single question may ask for any of them and the options are drawn from the same four districts.
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Practice Questions
View allHow many divisions is Madhya Pradesh divided into?
- A.Seven
- B.Nine
- C.Ten
- D.Twelve
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The divisions are Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Chambal, Jabalpur, Sagar, Rewa, Shahdol and Narmadapuram, and every district of the state falls in one of them.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of the Chambal division of Madhya Pradesh is at
- A.Bhind
- B.Morena
- C.Sheopur
- D.Gwalior
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The Chambal division is administered from Morena and contains the districts of Morena, Bhind and Sheopur. It is the one division of the state whose headquarters does not carry the name of the division, which is exactly why it is asked so often.
Read the full explanation →Which division and district of Madhya Pradesh was renamed Narmadapuram in 2021?
- A.Hoshangabad
- B.Harda
- C.Khandwa
- D.Betul
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The district and the division called Hoshangabad were renamed Narmadapuram in 2021 after the river Narmada, which flows through the district; the division contains Narmadapuram, Harda and Betul.
Read the full explanation →When Chhattisgarh was created on 1 November 2000, how many districts did it take from Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Twelve
- B.Sixteen
- C.Eighteen
- D.Twenty
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The Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 created Chhattisgarh as the twenty-sixth state of India on 1 November 2000 with sixteen districts and Raipur as its capital, leaving Madhya Pradesh with forty-five districts and with the position of second largest state by area, behind Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →The first Chief Minister of the reorganised state of Madhya Pradesh was
- A.Dr Pattabhi Sitaramayya
- B.Pandit Kunjilal Dubey
- C.Pandit Ravishankar Shukla
- D.Dr Hari Singh Gour
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He took office as Chief Minister when the present Madhya Pradesh came into being on 1 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, with Bhopal as the capital.
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