RAS question
What percentage of India's camels are in Rajasthan?
Correct answer: (B) 84.43%.
Rajasthan has 84.43% of India's camel population.
Explanation
Rajasthan accounts for 84.43% of India's camels, so option B is the precise answer. The Rajasthan Economic Review places this figure in the wider animal-husbandry context: animal husbandry is described as a major economic activity in the state's arid and semi-arid areas, not merely a subsidiary to agriculture. The Rajasthan Economic Review cites Livestock Census 2019 data, stating that Rajasthan has 10.60% of India's livestock overall, including 7.24% of cattle, 12.47% of buffaloes, 14.00% of goats, 10.64% of sheep and 84.43% of camels. That makes the camel share stand out sharply among the listed livestock categories.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 50% understates Rajasthan's camel share, because the verified figure is 84.43% of India's camels.
- (C) 95% overstates Rajasthan's camel share; the cited Economic Review gives 84.43%, not a near-total national concentration.
- (D) 70% is too low, since the official figure places Rajasthan's share of India's camels at 84.43%.
Concept
This tests livestock distribution under Geography of Rajasthan, especially the state's animal-husbandry profile in arid and semi-arid regions. It recurs in RAS because camel, sheep, goat and cattle shares are standard factual anchors for Rajasthan's economic geography.