INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

INDIAN AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Among the following crops which one occupies the largest area in India? [CDS 2002]
A
Groundnut
B
Mustard
C
Rapeseed
D
Sugarcane
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sugarcane occupies the largest area in India.

Detailed explanation-2: -India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses and jute, and ranks as the second largest producer of rice, wheat, sugarcane, groundnut, vegetables, fruit and cotton.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. Option 2 India has the largest area under Sugarcane crop in the World. India leads in both, in the area under cultivation of sugarcane and its production among all the sugarcane cultivating countries in the world. Sugarcane is cultivated in tropical and subtropical countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rice, pulses, millets, maize & wheat are considered food crops. Cash crops encompass cotton, tea & coffee, oil seeds, jute and sugarcane to name a few. Few experts count tea & coffee as plantation crops as well.

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