What percentage of all factories in India were located in Madhya Pradesh in the year 2017-18?

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Correct — C, 2%. Despite being one of India's largest states by area, Madhya Pradesh accounted for only a small share of the country's registered factories — around 2% in 2017-18. This reflects MP's relatively modest industrial/manufacturing base compared with the country's leading manufacturing states.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Far higher than MP's actual share; a state with 10% of India's factories would rank among the country's top industrial states, which MP does not.  (b) Also higher than MP's actual factory share for that year.  (d) Understates MP's actual share, which — while modest — was recorded at around 2%, not below 1%.

Concept: The number and location of 'factories' — units registered under the Factories Act, 1948 — across India's states is tracked through the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), the country's principal source of industrial statistics. States are highly uneven in industrial concentration: a handful of states host the bulk of India's registered factories, while large but less-industrialised states like Madhya Pradesh hold only a small share despite their size.

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