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

For the cultivation of sugarcane ________ soil is suitable.

  1. Black

  2. Red

  3. Laterite

  4. Sandy, loamy and red soil
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
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.

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
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
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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

Which state is the largest producer of rubber in India?

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Karnataka

  3. Kerala

  4. Odisha
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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.