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NDA 1 2025 GAT, question 102

Topic: Environment and ecology

Q102

As per the India State of Forest Report 2021, which one of the following Himalayan states has the highest percentage of its geographical area under forest ?

  1. (a) Arunachal PradeshCorrect answer
  2. (b) Himachal Pradesh
  3. (c) Sikkim
  4. (d) Uttarakhand

Solution.

Answer: (a) Arunachal Pradesh

  1. Compare forest cover as a percentage of geographical area, not total forest area.
  2. ISFR 2021 reports Arunachal Pradesh at 79.33%, Sikkim at 47.08%, Uttarakhand at 45.44% and Himachal Pradesh at 27.73%.
  3. Arunachal Pradesh is therefore highest among the four.