Madhya Pradesh is divided into how many agro-climatic zones?

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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.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Not the officially recognised count of Madhya Pradesh's own agro-climatic zones.  (b) Undercounts the state's actual agro-climatic zonation.  (d) Overcounts the state's actual agro-climatic zonation.

Concept: 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.

State PCS 2021 Q22 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2021 Q22 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer