_________ has the largest area under permanent forests, constituting 75 per cent of its total forest area. a) Orissa b) Madhya Pradesh c) Chhattisgarh d) Assam
The correct answer is Madhya Pradesh. Key Points The state that has the largest area of forest cover in India is Madhya Pradesh. Hence, Option 4 is correct. According to the 2019 Forest Survey, the State of Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover in the country. Largest forest cover in India: Madhya Pradesh > Arunachal Pradesh > Chhattisgarh > Odisha > Maharashtra. In terms of the percentage of forest cover: Mizoram (85.41 percent) is the most forest-rich state. The States/Union Territories showed a larger increase in forest cover in Karnataka followed by Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Jammu & Kashmir. While the States/Union Territories that showed a loss of forest cover are Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, and Mizoram.
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