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In which of the following states jute is not produced?

  1. Assam

  2. West Bangal

  3. Bihar

  4. Meghalaya


Correct Option: D

Which of the following commodities is chiefly exported by India to Sri Lanka?

  1. Tea

  2. Rubber

  3. Jute manufatures

  4. Cotton textiles


Correct Option: D

In which of the following states if India rubber is grown as a cash crop?

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Kerala

  3. Orissa

  4. West Bengal


Correct Option: B

Which of the following countries leads in the production of rubber?

  1. Thailand

  2. Malaysia

  3. Indonesia

  4. Burma


Correct Option: B

Cotton is a _____________.

  1. Food crop

  2. Cash crop

  3. Plantation crop

  4. Dry crop


Correct Option: B
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.

_______ is the largest producer of rubber in India.

  1. Chennai

  2. Aurangabad

  3. Himachal

  4. Kerala


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 India is the one of the largest producer of rubber in the World. Kerala is the largest producer of rubber in India.

Fill in the blanks
For growing cotton ________ soil is ideal.

  1. Black

  2. Red

  3. Laterite

  4. Sandy


Correct Option: A
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.

For the cultivation of sugarcane ________ soil is suitable.

  1. Black

  2. Red

  3. Laterite

  4. Sandy, loamy and red soil


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Maintenance of proper physical, chemical and biological conditions of the soil is necessary for realizing higher growth, yield and quality of sugarcane. Sugarcane does not require any specific type of soil as it can be successfully raised on diverse soil types ranging from sandy soils to clay loams & heavy clays.

Cotton provides raw material for _____.

  1. Paper industry

  2. Cotton textile industry

  3. Chemical industry

  4. Paint industry


Correct Option: B
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.

_______ Soil is suitable for the cultivation of cotton.

  1. Alluvial

  2. Laterite

  3. Terai

  4. Regur


Correct Option: D
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