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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

The "Golden fibre crop" is ___________.

  1. Tea

  2. Coffee

  3. Tobacco

  4. Jute
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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

Which state is the largest producer of rubber in India?

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Karnataka

  3. Kerala

  4. Odisha
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

India today is the world's 3rd largest producer and 4th largest consumer. Kerala accounts for more than 90 percent of the total rubber production in the country. The total area under rubber cultivation in the state is 5.45 lakh hectares. Rest of the natural rubber is produced in Tamil Nadu and North East states.

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

Which of the following states is called the  "Sugar Bowl" of India?

  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Himachal Pradesh

  3. Tamil Nadu

  4. Andhra Pradesh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Uttar Pradesh is called as the sugar bowl of India. 
It is the largest producer of sugarcane in India. 
Sugarcane produced by them are of special unique quality and has a difference in taste other than that of the once produced by other groups in markets. 
Being the most famous and the top in class producers, it provides the best quality to other states also.
Multiple choice geography agriculture in india - iii : cash crops cash crops plantation of crops cash crops of india

Sugarcane crop grows well in the areas with a rainfall of  ______________.

  1. 100 - 150 cm

  2. 75 - 100 cm

  3. 150 - 200 cm

  4. 200 cm and above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

  1. A total rainfall between 110 and 150 cm is adequately provided the distribution is right, abundant in the months of vegetative growth followed by a dry period for ripening.
  2. During the active growth period, rainfall encourages rapid cane growth, cane elongation, and internode formation.
  3. But during the ripening period, high rainfall is not desirable because it leads to poor juice quality, encourages vegetative growth, the formation of water shoots and increase in the tissue moisture. It also hampers harvesting and transport operations. 
  4. This seems to be the case in regions of South America, South East Asia and some parts of Southern India.

 

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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.