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

Cotton is a _____________.

  1. Food crop

  2. Cash crop

  3. Plantation crop

  4. Dry crop
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B Correct answer
Explanation
Cash crop
In modern agriculture, particularly when you cultivate large plots of land, it concentrates on growing crops for money. 
A cash crop is an agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm. The term is used to differentiate marketed crops from subsistence crops, which are those fed to the producer's own livestock or grown as food for the producer's family. In earlier times cash crops were usually only a small part of a farm's total yield, while today, especially in developed countries, almost all crops are mainly grown for revenue.
Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops cash crops plantation of crops cash crops of india agricultural seasons and crops

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For growing cotton ________ soil is ideal.

  1. Black

  2. Red

  3. Laterite

  4. Sandy
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The soils are generally rich in montmorillonitic and beidellitic group of clay minerals. Black soils are most suitable for the cotton crop hence it is also known as black cotton soil. Besides cotton, the soil is suitable for the cultivation of crops like wheat, groundnut, chillies, tobacco and jowar.

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

Cotton provides raw material for _____.

  1. Paper industry

  2. Cotton textile industry

  3. Chemical industry

  4. Paint industry
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B Correct answer
Explanation
  • India is one of the important cotton-manufacturing countries of the world.
  •  Both short-staple and long-staple cotton is grown in the country.
  • The cotton textile industry requires raw cotton as principal raw material and chemicals like caustic soda, dyes, arrowroot or starch, etc. for its production. 
  • The cotton growing regions are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, etc.
Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops cash crops plantation of crops cash crops of india agricultural seasons and crops

_______ Soil is suitable for the cultivation of cotton.

  1. Alluvial

  2. Laterite

  3. Terai

  4. Regur
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Regur is a type of Black soil.
The soils are generally rich in montmorillonitic and beidellitic group of clay minerals. Black soils are most suitable for the cotton crop hence it is also known as black cotton soil. Besides cotton, the soil is suitable for the cultivation of crops like wheat, groundnut, chillies, tobacco and jowar

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

The "Golden fibre crop" is ___________.

  1. Tea

  2. Coffee

  3. Tobacco

  4. Jute
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D Correct answer
Explanation
Jute is extracted from the bark of the white jute plant (Corchorus capsularis) and to a lesser extent from tossa jute (C. olitorius). It is a natural fibre with golden and silky shine and hence called theGolden Fibre. Jute is an annualcrop taking about 120 days (April/May-July/August) to grow.
Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops cash crops plantation of crops cash crops of india agricultural seasons and crops

How many varieties of cotton are grown in India?

  1. 2

  2. 3

  3. 4

  4. 7
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C Correct answer
Explanation

 There are four commercially grown species of cotton, all domesticated in antiquity: Gossypium hirsutum – upland cotton, native to Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and southern Florida (90% of world production)

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

Which one of the following is known as the golden fibre?

  1. Cotton

  2. Jute

  3. Hemp

  4. Silk
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B Correct answer
Explanation
Jute
Jute is extracted from the bark of the white jute plant (Corchorus capsularis) and to a lesser extent from tossa jute (C. olitorius). It is a natural fibre with golden and silky shine and hence called the Golden Fibre. Jute is an annual crop taking about 120 days (April/May-July/August) to grow. Also, since jute is a cash crop, its cultivation can bring in lot of money.