Which among the following states has a maximum area in the forest in India?
(India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2019)

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This question was previously asked in

RPF SI Previous Paper 3 (Held On: 5 Jan 2019 Shift 3)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Madhya Pradesh.

Key Points

Overall forest cover is maximum in the state of Madhya Pradesh (among states and UTs) in terms of area.

India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2019

ISFR is a biennial publication of Forest Survey of India (FSI), an organization under the Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change.
The ISFR assesses the forest and tree cover, bamboo resources, carbon stock and forest fires.
The 2019 report for the first time has assessed the qualitative nature of the forest cover, including listing its biodiversity and the type of plants and trees found.
It also created a national forest inventory for the first time on produce from forests.
The Total Forest and Tree cover is 24.56% of the geographical area of the country.
The Total Forest cover is 7,12,249 sq km which is 21.67% of the geographical area of the country.
Largest forest cover in India: Madhya Pradesh > Arunachal Pradesh > Chhattisgarh > Odisha > Maharashtra
Forest cover as percentage of total geographical area: Mizoram (85.41%) > Arunachal Pradesh (79.63%) > Meghalaya (76.33%) > Manipur (75.46%) > Nagaland (75.31%).
In the above question the correct sequence are :Arunachal Pradesh - 79.63% ; Chhattisgarh -41.13% ; Jharkhand - 29.62% ; Madhya Pradesh - 25.14%.

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