Madhya Pradesh is divided into how many agro-climatic zones?
- (a)9
- (b)10
- (c)11
- (d)12
Correct — C, 11. Madhya Pradesh's agricultural planning administration divides the state into 11 agro-climatic zones, grouped by rainfall, soil type, and cropping pattern, to guide region-specific crop planning and research.
- (a)9 — Not the officially recognised count of Madhya Pradesh's own agro-climatic zones.
- (b)10 — Undercounts the state's actual agro-climatic zonation.
- (d)12 — Overcounts the state's actual agro-climatic zonation.
Agro-climatic zoning groups an area by climate (rainfall, temperature), soil type, and dominant cropping pattern so that agricultural planning, irrigation, and research (e.g. Krishi Vigyan Kendras) can be tailored to local conditions rather than applied uniformly. Madhya Pradesh — spanning the Malwa plateau, Narmada valley, Vindhyan and Satpura hill tracts, Bundelkhand, Baghelkhand, and Nimar plains — is agro-climatically diverse, which is why the state is broken into its own 11 zones, distinct from the pan-India zonation used at the national level.
This is a static numeric fact MPPSC likes to test alongside similar 'how many zones/divisions/circles' questions about MP's administrative and physical geography — easy to confuse with the national-level agro-climatic zone count.
- Agro-climatic zoning is based on climate, soil type, and cropping pattern.
- Madhya Pradesh is divided into 11 agro-climatic zones.
- MP's physical diversity (plateau, river valleys, hill ranges, plains) underlies this zonation.
- State-level zoning is distinct from, and more granular than, national-level agro-climatic classification.
MP's diverse terrain (plateau, river valleys, hills, plains) is sub-divided into 11 zones for agricultural planning.
- Mixing up MP's own agro-climatic zone count with India's national-level count
- Confusing agro-climatic zones with administrative divisions (revenue divisions/districts)
'MP is divided into how many X' is a recurring numeric-fact format — zones, divisions, circles, agencies — each with its own count to memorise separately.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Agro-climatic zoning of a region is primarily based on which set of factors?
- (a)Climate, soil, and cropping pattern
- (b)Population density and literacy
- (c)Mineral resources alone
- (d)Administrative boundaries alone
Answer(a) Climate, soil, and cropping pattern.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Agro-climatic zone-based agricultural planning primarily helps in:
- (a)Tailoring crop choice, irrigation, and research to local conditions
- (b)Fixing minimum support prices nationally
- (c)Delimiting parliamentary constituencies
- (d)Classifying urban vs rural population
Answer(a) Tailoring crop choice, irrigation, and research to local conditions.