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Cotton and jute are called _____.

  1. Food crops

  2. Fibre crops

  3. Commercial crops

  4. Plantation crops


Correct Option: B

Ponni and _____ are major varieties of paddy grown in Tamil Nadu.

  1. Basmati

  2. Kichadi Samba

  3. Ambemohar

  4. HMT rice


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ponni and Kichadi samba are major varieties of paddy grown in Tamil Nadu.

In Tamil Nadu rice is cultivated in varied agro-climatic, soil and stress conditions under eight different seasons with rice varieties of five different duration groups.

What is a common practice associated with temples in Tamil Nadu?

  1. Water tank maintenance and management

  2. Non-management of water tanks

  3. Maintenance of local governing bodies

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

When strengthen to store water for irrigation, lakes are called ______.

  1. Larger lakes

  2. Tanks

  3. Rivulets

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When strengthen to store water for irrigation, lakes are called Tanks. Tank irrigation is most popular in south India. Advantages are many like it acts as a good water storage option in areas where there is scanty rainfall or seasonal rainfall. Due to erratic monsoons the importance of tanks and wetlands have been increasing .

Tamil Nadu grows almost all _____ crops.

  1. Tropical

  2. Sub-tropical

  3. Mountain crops

  4. Monsoon crops


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Tamil Nadu grows almost all Tropical crops.

Starch plants include manioc, rice, yams, taro, the legendary bread-fruit tree, and sweet potatoes. Tropical plants with edible fruits are banana, pawpaw, pineapple, coconut, carambola, guayava, and tamarind. Other important crops plants are cocoa, coffee, and sugar cane.

Cotton thrives well in _____.

  1. Laterite soil

  2. Alluvial soil

  3. Black soil

  4. Red soil


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • The black soils are also called regur soils. Cotton is the most important crop grown on these soils.

Which are the main plantation crops of Tamil Nadu?

  1. Tea, coffee

  2. Rubber

  3. Paper

  4. Cashew

  5. All of these


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

When only a single crop is cultivated on an extensive scale over a large area, then it is known as plantation crop. These crops are utilized only after processing. In Tamil Nadu, eight plantation crops are grown. Cashew is the major plantation crop grown in Tamil Nadu. Tea, coffee, paper and rubber are the other plantation crops grown in Tamil Nadu.

_____ is the prime crop cultivated in all the districts of Tamil Nadu.

  1. Rice

  2. Jowar

  3. Ragi

  4. Maize


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Rice is the prime crop cultivated in all the districts of Tamil Nadu.

The other crops sown in Tamil Nadu are rice, jowar, ragi, bajra, maize, and pulses.

Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and _____ have maximum area as well as production of rice.

  1. Coimbatore

  2. Dharmapuri

  3. Nagapattinam

  4. Chennai


Correct Option: C