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The correct answer is Chatra district.

Key Points

• Lawalong Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Lawalong CD block in the Chatra subdivision of the Chatra district in the state of Jharkhand, India.

Additional Information

• National Park & Sanctuaries of Jharkhand

The correct answer is Three times.

Key Points

• The state of Jharkhand witnessed presidential rule three times since its formation.
• First - 19 January 2009 to 30 December 2009 - 345 days
• Second - 1 June 2010 11 September 2010 - 102 days
• Third - 18 January 2013 13 July 2013 - 176 days

Additional Information

• Jharkhand ("The land of forest") is a state in eastern India, created on 15 November 2000, from what was previously the southern half of Bihar.
• The state shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Chhattisgarh to the west, Odisha to the south and West Bengal to the east.
• It has an area of 79,710 km² (30,778 sq mi).
• It is the 15^th largest state by area, and the 14^th largest by population.
• The city of Ranchi is its capital and Dumka its sub capital.

The correct answer is 38 lakh hectares.

Key Points

• Status of Agriculture in Jharkhand State:
• Jharkhand has 25 - 26 lakh hectares Net Shown Area and  38 lakh hectares of Cultivable Area.
• The Geographical area of Jharkhand is 79.70 lakh hectare.
• Major Crops of Jharkhand are Paddy, Wheat, Maize, Pulses, Oilseeds & Horticultural Crops.

Additional Information

• Jharkhand ("Land of the Forest") is a state in eastern India, carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000.
• The state shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh.
• In the North West, Chhattisgarh in the West, Odisha in the South and West Bengal in the East.

The correct answer is Far below the national average.

Key Points

• Jharkhand Agriculture
• Jharkhand state falls under the agro-climatic zone VII.
• The cultivable area is estimated at around 3.8 million hact but the net sown area is 2.56 million hact and only 12% of cropped area is under irrigation.
• The total cultivable land in the State is 52% as compared with 55% of the country, but only 43% area of this is under net sown area compared to the national average of 76%.
• The state receives an annual rainfall of 1200–1600 mm and the climate ranges from dry semi-humid to humid semi-arid types.
• Undulating topo sequences of the State and rainfed agriculture have led to massive degradation of soil, diverse agricultural practices, and low productivity.
• About 82% of the annual rainfall occurs within the monsoon season, which lasts from mid-June to September.
• Available moisture over the entire monsoon period determines the opportunity for the various cropping system practiced by the farmers.
• In general, the soils of Jharkhand are low to very low in available phosphorus and sulfur, medium in available nitrogen and potassium status, and deficient in available boron.
• About 1.6 million ha (19% of total geographical area) is acidic.
• The region has a major problem of slight to moderate soil erosion as 74% of the areas are located on very gentle to gentle slopes.

The correct answer is 5%.

Key Points

• Agriculture of Jharkhand
• Agriculture is the mainstay of the livelihood and economy in Jharkhand.
• Due to being a plateau region, cultivable land in Jharkhand is significantly less compared to other states. (Here only 32% of the land is cultivable)
• Due to being a plateau region, there is also a shortage in the means of irrigation, due to the difficulty has to be faced in digging ponds and wells because the water level is very low.
• The agriculture of Jharkhand is dependent on rainfall.
• paddy is the main crop of Jharkhand.

The correct answer is Electricity.

Key Points

• Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das launched "Saubhagya Yojana".
• This is a program that will provide electricity to all 29,376 villages in the state.
• People would get electricity round the clock, which would not only change the lives of people in villages but would also change their thinking, economic condition, education of their children, and lift irrigation for farmers.

Additional Information

• Saubhagya Yojana or Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana is a Government of India project to provide electricity to households.
• The project was announced in September 2017 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The correct answer is Ramgarh.

Key Points

• Chutupalu valley (Ghati) is located in the Ramgarh on NH 33, about 30 kilometers from Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand.
• Chutupalu is a village in the Ormanjhi CD block in the Ranchi Sadar subdivision of the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Important Points

• Tikait Umrao Singh and Sheikh Bhikhari, two brave hearts, tried to stop the British army from capturing Ranchi, at Chutuplu, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, by cutting down trees and damaging culverts.
• Later, the British hanged them from a banyan tree in the Chutpalu valley in 1858.

Tapovan - Ramgarh is wrongly matched.

Key Points

• Tapovan is 10 Km far from Deoghar, home of the sacred Shiva temple, known as Taponath Mahadev.
• Vaidyanatha Jyotirlinga temple, also known as Baba Baidyanath Dham is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, the most sacred abodes of Shiva.
• It is located in Deoghar in the Santhal Parganas division of the state of Jharkhand, India.
• Haldighati Temple (Gumla):
• • This temple is located in the Korambe village of Gumla district.
• The first ruler here was Kol Teli Raja, later Raxel came here.
• This place is known as Haldighati for the Nagvanshi king and Raxel.
• Jagannathpur Temple (Ranchi):-
• This temple was established in 1691 AD by the Nagvanshi king Thakur Ani Shah.

The correct answer is 29.61%.

Key Points

• According to the India State of Forest Report 2019 (ISFR 2019) published by the Forest Survey of India, the forest area of Jharkhand is 23,611 sq km which is 29.62% of the total geographical area of the state, registering an increase of 58.41 sq km from 2017.

Important Points

• As per ISFR-2021, the geographical area of the state is 79,716 sq km which is 2.42% of the area of the country.
• The total recorded forest area (RFA) of the state is 23,721 sq km which is about 29.76 percent of the state's geographical area.

The correct answer is All of these.

Key Points

• Jharkhand is home to tropical moist deciduous and tropical dry deciduous forests and major plant species such as Shorea robusta, Diospyros melanoxylon, Pterocarpus mersupium, Gloriosa superba, Butea monosperma, Madhuca longifolia, etc.
• Broad-leaved forests are found in the Eastern Himalayas and the Western Ghats, along the Silent Valley.

Additional Information

• Jharkhand ("The land of forest") is a state in eastern India, created on 15 November 2000, from what was previously the southern half of Bihar.
• The state shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Chhattisgarh to the west, Odisha to the south and West Bengal to the east.
• Area : 79,7  14 km²
• Capital City : Ranchi
• District : 24
• Population : 3.3 Crores