Tag: land utilisation, its pattern and crops of karnataka

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Which district of Karnataka has specialised in sugarcane cultivation from pre-independence days?

  1. Mysuru

  2. Mandya

  3. Belagavi

  4. Shivamogg


Correct Option: B

Tobacco grown in Karnataka is of a world-class quality and most of it is _____.

  1. Locally consumed

  2. Exported

  3. Used in fields

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

What is the ranking of Karnataka among tobacco growing states in India?

  1. Second

  2. Third

  3. Fourth

  4. Fifth


Correct Option: C

Karnataka grows more of medium and short staple _____.

  1. Sugarcane

  2. Tobacco

  3. Cotton

  4. Coffee


Correct Option: C

Cotton seed cake is used to _____.

  1. Feed cattle

  2. Feed humans

  3. Feed ruminants

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Cotton seed cake is made from cotton seeds after extracting oil from the cotton seeds.
  • Cotton seed cake is used for animal feed which is good source of nutrition.

Which district occupies first position in tobacco production in Karnataka?

  1. Davanagere

  2. Mysuru

  3. Gadag

  4. Tumakuru


Correct Option: B

 Which is Karnataka's famous beverage crop?

  1. Cotton

  2. Sugarcane

  3. Coffee

  4. Paddy


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • The most commonly used coffee beans are Arabica and Robusta grown in the hills of Karnataka.
  • Arabica is the better variety grown in 60% of the coffee cultivation area.
  • Coffee cultivation is mainly confined to Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Muslim Fakir Baba Budan planted coffee seedlings for the first time around 1670 AD in the hills of _______.

  1. Chikkaballapur

  2. Chikkamagaluru

  3. Bengaluru

  4. Shivamogga


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Coffee was introduced into India through the Chikkamagaluru district when the first coffee crop was grown in the Baba Budan Giri Hills during 1670 AD.
  • As per records, saint Baba Budan planted the coffee beans in the hills of Chikkamagaluru.

Tobacco is used in the manufacturing of _____.

  1. Beedis

  2. Cigarettes

  3. Cigars

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • A beedi is a thin, Indian cigarette filled with tobacco flake and wrapped in a tendu leaf tied with a string at one end.
  • Tobacco has been smoked in cigarettes, with cigars, pipes and chewed.

What is the ranking of Karnataka in coffee production in India?

  1. First

  2. Second

  3. Third

  4. Fourth


Correct Option: A