FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Plantation crops are crops that are cultivated in a large area for agricultural or industrial importance. Crops such as tea, coffee, rubber, cocoa, etc. are called plantation crops. In plantation farming a single crop like tea, coffee, rubber, etc. is grown on a large piece of the land.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tea and coffee plantations thrive in the loamy soil found in abundance on the hillside slopes. Deep, well-drained triable loamy soils are ideal for tea and coffee plantations. Fertile volcanic red earth or deep sandy loam is ideal for coffee. Thus, the answer is option A: Mountain slopes.

Detailed explanation-3: -The cultivation of the tea plant occurs on a very large scale for commercial purposes and hence. It is a plantation crop.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plantations are a type of commercial farming where a single crop of tea, coffee, sugarcane, cashew, rubber, banana or cotton is grown. A large amount of labor and capital are required.