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Name the two beverage crops produced in India.

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  1. Tea and Grapes

  2. Tea and Coffee

  3. Corn and Rice

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Beverage is a drink other than water for human consumption. Among the given options tea and coffee are examples of beverages.

India is the larger producer as well as the consumer of __________.

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  1. Corn

  2. Pulses

  3. Barley  

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • India is the world's largest pulse producer accounting for 27-28 per cent of global pulse production. It is also the largest consumer of pulses. 
  • Madhya Pradesh is India’s largest pulse producing state, which accounts for 23% of total pulse production in the country.

Which among the following monoculture crops provide(s) immediate cash to the farmers?
1. Tea in Assam
2. Rubber in Africa
3. Sugarcane in Malaysia
4. Coffee in Brazil
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  1. 1 only

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 3 and 4

  4. 1 and 4

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Tea in Assam and Coffee in Brazil are mono-culture crops provides immediate cash to the farmers.

Where is India's most prized tea grown?

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  1. Nilgiris

  2. Munnar

  3. Jorhat

  4. Darjeeling

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Costing around Rs. 1 lakh per kg. Mokaibari Tea has become one of the most expensive tea. It is grown by Makaibari Tea Estate in Darjeeling.

For which crop production is 'Sao Paulo' famous?

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  1. Cotton

  2. Maize

  3. Coffee

  4. Tea

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sao Paulo is the municipality located in the southeast of Brazil. The expansion of coffee production was the most important factor in the growth of Sao Paulo. It has become the region's chief export crop and also yielded good revenue.

________ variety of coffee largely grown in India.

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  1. Arabica

  2. Kents

  3. Coorgs

  4. Old Chicks

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The most commonly used coffee beans are Arabica and Robusta grown in the hills of Karnataka (Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan), Kerala (Malabar region) and Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris District, Yercaud and Kodaikanal)


Among the different types of coffee, __________ coffee is considered to be the best.

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  1. Robusta

  2. Arabica

  3. Liberian

  4. Columbiana

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Arabica
Coffea arabica, also known as the Arabian coffee, "coffee shrub of Arabia", "mountain coffee", or "arabica coffee", is a species of Coffea. It is believed to be the first species of coffee to be cultivated, and is the dominant cultivar, representing some 60% of global production.

The largest producer of tea in the world is

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  1. USA

  2. Brazil

  3. China

  4. England

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Based on UN Food And Agriculture Organization statistics for global production from 1993-2013, here are the 10 top tea-producing nations in the world.
5 – Vietnam (260,000 tonnes)
4 – Sri Lanka (349,699 tonnes) 
3 – Kenya (439,857 tonnes) 
2 – India (1,325,050 tonnes) 
1 – China (2,473,443 tonnes)

The soil which is suitable for the cultivation of plantation crops such as coffee and tea is _______.

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  1. Alluvial soil

  2. Black soil

  3. Laterite soil

  4. Red soil

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Laterite soil is red in colour. Hyderabad and Coastal Karnataka , where Bellary and Mangalore are situated , to my mind, are the places where Lateritic soil exists. Kudremukh Iron Ore Project already exists there (not in Bellary presumably) and prepare Pellets of iron ore

Severe _____ damages the tea crop.

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  1. Rain

  2. Cold

  3. Frosts

  4. Fog

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Tea plant is a shrub. It is an important beverage crop which was introduced in India by British. Tea plant grows well in tropical and subtropical climates. It grows in deep fertile soil. It requires warm and moist climate for the growth. Hence extensive frost destroys the tea plant as it makes the weather very cold. Frost is a thin layer of ice.