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  • Question 1
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    Match the given crops with their major producing areas shown on the map of India.
    A. Wheat
    B. Coffee
    C. Rice
    D. Tea

    Solution

    1. Part I shown in map represents the area of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana. These are the major wheat producing regions of India. The production is higher in Uttar Pradesh.
    2. Part II shown in map represents the area of Karnataka. It is major coffee producing region of India. The production is quite higher in Coorg district.
    3. Part III shown in map represents the area of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. These are the major rice producing regions of India. The production is highest in West Bengal.
    4. Part IV shown in map represents the area of Assam and Meghalaya. These are the major tea producing regions of Assam. The production is quite higher in Assam.

  • Question 2
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    Rubber grows well along the coast of ______.
    Solution
    Rubber is an important industrial raw material. It is mainly grown in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andaman and Nicobar islands and Garo hills of Meghalaya. India ranks fifth among the world’s natural rubber producers.
  • Question 3
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    The State which is the largest producer of tea in India is ___________.
    Solution
    • India is one of the largest producers of tea in the world, second only to China. Assam is the largest tea producing state in India, followed by West Bengal.
  • Question 4
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    Cotton is a _____________.
    Solution
    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.
  • Question 5
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    For the production of wheat there should be _____.
    Solution
    For the production of wheat there should be cool and wet climate during its growing period but hot climate during the ripening period.
  • Question 6
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    Tea is grown mainly _________________.
    Solution
    • Tea is grown mainly on slopes of hills as because tea plantations require even distribution of water without water logging. Hill slopes provides proper drainage without water logging problems. 
  • Question 7
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    For growing cotton ________ soil is ideal.
    Solution
    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.
  • Question 8
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    What type of climate is required for sugarcane?
  • Question 9
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    In Indian agriculture, the period from July to October is called _________.
    Solution
    Kharif Crops
    The word “Kharif” is Arabic for autumn since the season coincides with the beginning of autumn or winter. Kharif crops also are known as monsoon crops. These are the crops that are cultivated in the monsoon season. The Kharif season differs in every state of the country but is generally from June to September. These crops are usually sown at the beginning of the monsoon season around June and harvested by September or October. Rice, maize, bajra, ragi, soybean, groundnut, cotton are all Kharif types crops.
  • Question 10
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    Which of the following is not a Kharif crop?
    Solution
    Wheat
    The agricultural crop year in India is from July to June. The Indian cropping season is classified into two main seasons-(i) Kharif and (ii) Rabi based on the monsoon. 
    The Kharif cropping season is from July –October during the south-west monsoon and the Rabi cropping season is from October-March (winter).

    The Kharif crops include rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet/bajra, finger millet/ragi (cereals), arhar (pulses), soybean, groundnut (oilseeds), cotton etc.
    The rabi crops include wheat, barley, oats (cereals), chickpea/gram (pulses), linseed, mustard (oilseeds) etc.
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