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What type of climate is required for sugarcane ?

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  1. Dry and hot

  2. Hot and wet

  3. Cold and dry

  4. Cold and wet

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is a tropical as well as a subtropical crop. It grows well in hot and humid climate with a temperature of 21°C to 27°C and an annual rainfall between 75cm.

Which country is the biggest producer of rubber in the world ?

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  1. Malaysia

  2. Sri

  3. Thailand

  4. Brazil

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Thailand

Thailand is the leading Rubber producing country in the world. Thailand is followed Indonesia and China at the second and third place respectively. India stands at fourth position in Rubber production.

Which one of the following soils is most suitable for the cultivation of cotton in India?

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  1. Red soil

  2. Laterite soil

  3. Alluvial soil

  4. Regur soil

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

India is the third-largest producer of cotton in the world. Cotton grows well in drier parts of the black cotton soil of the Deccan plateau. 

India is the second largest producer of sugarcane after _______.

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

  1. Brazil

  2. Cuba

  3. Australia

  4. China

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Currently, Brazil is the largest sugar producer in the whole world. After Brazil, India is the 2nd largest sugarcane producer country in the world

To which one of the following types of vegetation does rubber belong?

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  1. Tundra

  2. Tidal

  3. Himalayan

  4. Tropical Evergreen

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Rubber belongs to  Tropical evergreen forests.

Tropical Evergreen Forests. The tropical evergreen forests usually occur in areas receiving more than 200 cm of rainfall and having a temperature of 15 to 30 degrees Celsius. ... In India, evergreen forests are found in the western slopes of the Western Ghats in States such as Kerala and Karnataka. 

Which of the following is not a sugar producing state?

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  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Karnataka

  3. Andhra Pradesh

  4. Assam

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Assam is a state which does not produce sugar, due to its climate and vegetation. 

Cotton is grown abundantly in _________.

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  1. Alluvial soil

  2. Black soil

  3. Red soil

  4. Laterite soil

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

India is the third-largest producer of cotton in the world. Cotton grows well in drier parts of the black cotton soil of the Deccan plateau. 

Rubber is produced in _______.

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  1. Intensive subsistence farming

  2. Plantation farming

  3. Mixed farming

  4. Sedentary agriculture

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Plantations are large tracts of land or estates used for cultivation of a single agricultural crop like tea, coffee, rubber or spices. Plantations were introduced in India by the Europeans.

The juice of rubber tree is called ___________.

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  1. Latex

  2. Gum 

  3. Larva

  4. None

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Latex is the fluid that is used to form and production of rubber. It is obtained from the rubber tree.

Write the names of cash crops.

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  1. Cotton, Jute, Sugarcane

  2. Pulses, Rice, Jute

  3. Rice, Sugarcane, Pulses

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cotton, Jute, Sugarcane are the cash crops.
The other cash crops are Oil seeds and Tobacco.