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Jharkhand Civil Services

Prelims Exam 2013
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Jharkhand
General Knowledge

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n Jharkhand : History
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n Jharkhand : Agriculture
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n Jharkhand : Wild - life Sanctuary
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n Jharkhand : Geography
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n Jharkhand : Economy r o
n Jharkhand : Minerals
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n Jharkhand : Population p
n Jharkhand : Tribes
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n Jharkhand : Transport
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Jharkhand : Art, Culture,.Fair
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Jharkhand : Places of Tourism

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Jharkhand : Important
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Jharkhand ::Struggle for Freedom Tribal Movement, Revolution
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Jharkhand

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Jharkhand General Knowledge

Jharkhand : At a Glance
Jharkhand is the 28th state of the India. It was brought into existence by the Bihar reorga-
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nization Act on November 15, 2000; the birth anniversary of the legendary Bhagwan
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Birsa Munda. Jharkhand is famous for its rich mineral resources like Uranium, Mica, Baux-
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(32% of India), Iron, Copper (25%of India) etc. Forests and woodlands occupy more than
29% of the state which is amongst the highest in India.
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FACT SHEET
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- Ranchi
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- Dumka (Proposed)
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n No. of Districts
No. of Sub divisions
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- 38
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n No. of Blocks
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n No. of Villages
National Highways elo - 32620
- 1844 KMs
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n State Highways
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n Total Geographical Area
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Date of formation as 28th state - 15th November, 2000.
n Commissionaries
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n Districts - 24
n Cities - 152
n Blocks
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Area
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Villages - 32,620
- 79,714 km2
n Population (Census 2011) - 3,29,66,238 persons
Male - 1,69,31,688
Female - 1,60,34,550
age group (0 - 6) - 52,37,582 (13.12%)
Male children - 26,95,921
Female children - 25,41,661
n Rural population - 2,50,36,946 (75.95%)
Male - 1,27,75,468

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Female - 1,22,61,478
n Urban population - 79,29,292 (24.05%)
n Sex Ratio (0 - 6) - 943
n Decadel Growth (2001 - 11) - 22.34%
n Literacy - 67.63%
Male - 78.45%
Female - 56.21 %
n Sex ratio - 947 female per 1000 male
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n Density of population
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Rail, Road, Aero- plane, Waterways.
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Mining, Iron and Steel industry.
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n State Language -
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Hindi - Other Languages - Santhali, Bangia,
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Mundari, Ho, Oriya.
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n High Court - Ranchi (21st in the nation)
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State Legislature
No. of M.L.As.
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81 + 1 (nominated from Anglo American

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n M.Ps. - p 14
n Members of upper house -lo 06
n State animal
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- Cuckoo
n State tree
. Sal
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State flower
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Burea
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Present Chief Minister -
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Hemant Soren (JMM)
Majority of tribal people, store house of min

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n Nomenclature - Tribal civilization, plateau region, plenty of
n Geographical location
n Boundaries
n Extent of the state
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Jhars, known as Jharkhand.
- From 21 58' 10" N to 2518' N. Latitude and
83 22' E to 87 57" E. Longitude.
- Bihar in the North, Odisha in the South, West
Bengal in the East, Chhattisgarh and Uttar
Pradesh in the West.
- Length from East to West 463 km. Breadth from
North to South 380 km.
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First Person in Jharkhand
n Highest Waterfall - Hudru (74 m at Swarn Rekha River in Ranchi)
n Highest Peak - Paras Nath (1365 m) situated at Giridh Plateau
n Most dense vegetation district of the state - Chatra (52.9%)
n First copper plant - GhatShila
n Most natural vegetation district - HazariBagh
n Division with maximum tribal population - Santhal Pargana
n Establishment of Tata Iron and Steel CompanY - 1907
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District with largest number of waterfalls - Ranchi
Coldest place (Lowest temperature) - Neterhat o.i
n Source of hottest water - Suraj Kund (Hazaribagh)
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n Maximum Rainfall - Neterhat (1800 mm)
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First railway route constructed after dig.ging in plateau region - Jamshedpur to Howrah

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n Shimla of the state - Ranchi city
Industrial capital of the state - Jamshedpur
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n Famous as a queen of hilJs - Neterhat

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n Steel citY - Tata Nagar
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First cement factory established - Japla
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School situated at highest point - Neterhat School
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Minning higher education of centre - Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
First University - Ranchi University, Ranchi
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First Agriculture UniversitY - Birsa Agriculture University, Ranchi
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First Medical CoIJege - Rajendra Medical College, Ranchi
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First College - sr. Columba College, Hazaribagh

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n First Ayurvedic College - Gave Ayurvedic College, Lohardagga
n First Daily Hindi Newspaper - Rashtriya Bhasha
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First Hindi WeeklY - Aryabratt
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First Daily English Newspaper - Daily Press
n First Film - Akranta
n First Santhali Film - Mukhya Braha
n First Power House - Tilliya
n Biggest River Valley Project - Damodar River Valley Project
n Biggest Aerodrome - Birsa Munda Aerodrome, Ranchi
n Biggest ColonY - Heranu, Ranchi (475 acre)
n City of Black Diamond - Dhanbad
n Store - house of Minerals - Chhota Nagpur
n Queen of Chhota Nagpur - Neterhat
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