Which Indian State is the leading cotton producer?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Solution: (a)
Gujarat is the leading cotton growing state while Maharashtra devotes the largest area to cotton cultivation in the country. With an estimated 4 million farms, India has the largest area devoted to cotton production in the world.
At the time of independence, predominantly India practiced
(a) Subsistence agriculture
(b) Mixed farming
(c) Plantation agriculture
(d) Shifting agriculture
Solution: (a)
At the time of independence, Indian farmers practised subsistence agriculture, only producing enough to feed themselves. Since India’s independence, food and cash crop supply has greatly improved with the initiation of the Green Revolution in the 1960s.
Endosulfan spray on cashew crops resulted in pollution to the tune of tragedy in:
(a) Kerala
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Tamil Nadu
Solution: (a)
Kasargod, a northern district of Kerala, has recently been ill-famous for Endosulfan spray on cashew crop. The spray of this banned chemical was reported to have led congenital abnormalities, mental retardness and cancer in the local population.
India is the largest producer and consumer of
(a) Paddy
(b) Tea
(c) Coffee
(d) Sugar
Solution: (b)
India is the largest produces and consumer of tea in the world and accounts for 28 percent of world production and 15 percent of the world trade.
The spice -the garden of India is:
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Kerala
(d) Assam
Solution: (c)
Kerala is referred to as the spice-garden of India.
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