Which one of the following States has the maximum area under teak forest in India?
- (a)Jharkhand
- (b)Andhra Pradesh
- (c)Uttarakhand
- (d)Madhya Pradesh
Correct — D, Madhya Pradesh. Teak (Tectona grandis) is a tropical deciduous hardwood of central and peninsular India, and Madhya Pradesh — which also has the largest recorded forest cover by area of any Indian State — carries the largest area under teak. Teak dominates the State's tropical dry and moist deciduous forests, especially in the Satpura, Nimar and southern tracts, alongside sal in the wetter east.
- (a)Jharkhand — Jharkhand's forests are dominated by sal (Shorea robusta), not teak; it is not the leading teak State.
- (b)Andhra Pradesh — Andhra Pradesh does have teak in its deciduous forests, but its teak area is well below that of Madhya Pradesh.
- (c)Uttarakhand — Uttarakhand's hill forests are sal, pine, oak and deodar; teak is a lowland tropical species and is not a major tree there.
Teak (Tectona grandis) grows in India's tropical moist and dry deciduous forests, roughly where annual rainfall is 100-200 cm, and is one of the country's most valued timbers. Central India — above all Madhya Pradesh — is the core of the teak belt; MP also leads all States in total forest cover by area, so it naturally holds the largest teak area.
The trap is to pick a heavily forested tribal State like Jharkhand, forgetting that its dominant tree is sal, not teak. Anchor two facts: MP has India's largest forest cover by area, and central India is the teak heartland — both point to MP.
- Teak = Tectona grandis, a prized tropical deciduous hardwood.
- Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover by area among Indian States.
- MP's forests are dominated by teak (west/south) and sal (east).
- Teak thrives in tropical moist & dry deciduous forests (~100-200 cm rainfall).
- Confusing the State with the largest forest AREA (Madhya Pradesh) with the State with the highest forest PERCENTAGE
- Assuming a sal-dominated State (Jharkhand) is the teak leader
Usually 'which State has the maximum area under teak/sal/bamboo' or 'teak is a dominant species of which forest type'. Fix teak to central-India tropical deciduous forests and to Madhya Pradesh.
In India, in which one of the following types of forests is teak a dominant tree species?
- (a) Tropical moist deciduous forest
- (b) Tropical rain forest
- (c) Tropical thorn scrub forest
- (d) Temperate forest with grasslands
Answer(a) Tropical moist deciduous forest
Same species — teak's home is the central-Indian tropical deciduous belt, which is exactly why Madhya Pradesh leads in teak area.
Which type of forests are NOT found in Madhya Pradesh?
- (a) Tropical wet deciduous forests
- (b) Sub-humid hilly forests
- (c) Thorny forests
- (d) Alpine forests
Answer(d) Alpine forests
Same State's forests — MP's cover is overwhelmingly teak/sal deciduous forest (the reason it leads in teak area), with no altitude-driven alpine type.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Teak (Tectona grandis) is a dominant tree species of which forest type in India?
- (a)Tropical evergreen forest
- (b)Tropical deciduous (monsoon) forest
- (c)Alpine forest
- (d)Tidal (mangrove) forest
Answer(b) Tropical deciduous (monsoon) forest — teak dominates central and peninsular India's deciduous belt.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which State has the largest forest cover by area in India (as per recent Forest Survey of India reports)?
- (a)Arunachal Pradesh
- (b)Madhya Pradesh
- (c)Chhattisgarh
- (d)Maharashtra
Answer(b) Madhya Pradesh — it has the largest forest cover in area terms among Indian States.