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Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops agricultural seasons and crops cash crops plantation of crops

Which of the following states in India is a major producer of tea?

  1. West Bengal

  2. Assam

  3. Tamil Nadu

  4. Kerela
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

India has the world's largest area under tea and it produces 28.3 percent of the world's production. At present, India is the fourth largest producer of tea after Kenya, China and Sri Lanka.  Assam is the largest producer of tea contributing 53.2% of the total area and 51% of the tea produced in India. 

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops agricultural seasons and crops cash crops plantation of crops

Which of the following soils is suitable for cultivation of tea?

  1. Red soil

  2. Black soil

  3. Alluvial soil

  4. Laterite soil
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Laterite soil

Tea is grown in a variety of soils. The best, however, is a light friable loam with porous sub-soil which permits a free percolation of water, for tea is highly intol­erant to stagnant water. In general the most suitable soils are slightly acidic and without calcium.
The presence of iron in sub-soil is desirable. On the sloping land which is most suitable for tea, soil erosion is often a problem. This is combated by planting tea bushes in lines along the contours.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops agricultural seasons and crops cash crops plantation of crops

Which state is the largest producer of tea?

  1. Assam

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Kerala

  4. West Bengal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

  • Tea is one of the important cash crops in India. Assam is the largest producer of tea. Each year, the tea estates of Assam collectively yield approximately 1,500 million pounds (680,400,000 kg) of tea.
  • Assam and West Bengal together constitute 2/3rd of total tea production of India.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops agricultural seasons and crops cash crops plantation of crops

What is referred to as green gold?

  1. Coffee

  2. Tea

  3. Gold

  4. Rice
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Tea is also called as green gold. This is because of different reasons. One reason is that the tea is considered very precious and is exported to many other parts. The other reason why it is called so is that when there was the requirement of labours in Assam people were given false hopes that there is a green gold in the tea plantations and were brought from central parts of India to work in Assam tea plantations.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops agricultural seasons and crops cash crops plantation of crops

The Arabica, a variety of coffee is initially brought from ----------------- is produced now in India.

  1. France

  2. Greece

  3. Portugal

  4. Yemen

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Arabic a variety of coffee is initially brought from Yemen.
The most commonly used coffee beans are Arabica and Robusta grown in the hills of Karnataka (Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan), Kerala (Malabar region) and Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris District, Yercaud and Kodaikanal).

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops agricultural seasons and crops cash crops plantation of crops

. --------- is the leading producer as well as exporter of tea in the world.

  1. Nepal

  2. China

  3. Russia

  4. India

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Hence it is little wonder that China is the biggest producer of tea in the world. ... Thus China is the third in the list of largest tea exporters in the world. With total export volume of 332 million kg in the year 2016, its share in the world tea export market was 21%. Most of the tea produced in China is green tea.

Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops agricultural seasons and crops cash crops plantation of crops

Arabica and Robusta are varieties of ________.

  1. Tea

  2. Coffee

  3. Rice

  4. Wheat
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Arabica and Robusta are two varieties of coffee. There are around 100 species of coffee. Robusta has a taste of burnt tire which is due to more amount of caffeine present in Robusta. It has around 2.7% which is double to that of Arabica which has only 1.5% of caffeine.