The Pithampur industrial area, often called the automobile hub of Madhya Pradesh, lies close to which city?
- A.Indore
- B.Jabalpur
- C.Gwalior
- D.Sagar
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Indore. Pithampur, in Dhar district next to Indore, is the largest industrial estate of the state and holds vehicle, auto component, pharmaceutical and engineering plants, along with a vehicle testing track; because of the concentration of automobile units it is often called the Detroit of Madhya Pradesh.
Option B, Jabalpur, is an older industrial and defence production centre with ordnance factories, but not the auto hub. Option C, Gwalior, has engineering and textile units and the Malanpur industrial area nearby, which candidates sometimes confuse with Pithampur. Option D, Sagar, is mainly an education and trading centre. Indore matters twice in this chapter: the commercial capital of the state, the soyabean trade and the Crystal IT Park are there, and Pithampur beside it is the manufacturing cluster, which is why investment summits of the state are usually held in Indore or Bhopal.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich of the following is NOT the work of the legislature?
- A.Making law
- B.Budgeting
- C.Passing of budget
- D.Control on the executive
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Preparing the budget, that is estimating the receipts and the expenditure of every department and putting the estimates together, is the work of the executive: in Madhya Pradesh the Finance Department prepares it and the Finance Minister presents it.
Read the full explanation →The legislature of Madhya Pradesh, before which the state budget is laid, consists of:
- A.Only the Vidhan Sabha, with the Governor
- B.The Vidhan Sabha and the Vidhan Parishad
- C.Only the Vidhan Parishad
- D.The Vidhan Sabha and a joint council of districts
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Madhya Pradesh has a unicameral legislature: the Governor and one House, the Vidhan Sabha, whose strength is 230. The annual financial statement under Article 202 is therefore laid before that single House, which votes the demands for grants and passes the Appropriation Bill.
Read the full explanation →Madhya Pradesh is the only state in India that produces which mineral?
- A.Diamond
- B.Gold
- C.Petroleum
- D.Uranium
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The Majhgawan pipe near Panna is the only working diamond mine in the country, which makes Madhya Pradesh India’s sole diamond-producing state, and the stones are sold through the government diamond office at Panna.
Read the full explanation →Madhya Pradesh is the largest producer in India of which crop, because of which it is called the soya state?
- A.Groundnut
- B.Soyabean
- C.Mustard
- D.Sunflower
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The black soil of the Malwa plateau and the Narmada valley suits soyabean, and the districts around Indore, Ujjain, Dewas and Sehore grow so much of it that the state is called the soya state and Indore became the centre of the soyabean oil and cake trade.
Read the full explanation →The Malanjkhand mine of Madhya Pradesh, which holds the largest copper ore reserves in India, is in which district?
- A.Balaghat
- B.Panna
- C.Jhabua
- D.Shahdol
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The Malanjkhand copper project of Hindustan Copper Limited, in Balaghat district on the eastern edge of the state, works the largest copper ore deposit in the country, and its concentrate feeds smelters outside the state.
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