HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Tobacco
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Red chilly
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Groundnut
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Indigo
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Detailed explanation-1: -Portuguese introduced Chillies, Tobacco, Potato and Groundnut in India.
Detailed explanation-2: -A variety of crops were grown, including food crops such as wheat, rice, and barley, and non-food cash crops such as cotton, indigo and opium. By the mid-17th century, Indian cultivators begun to extensively grow two new crops from the Americas, maize and tobacco.
Detailed explanation-3: -Complete answer: Cashew nut, potato, rubber are the crops that have been brought to India from New World. Tea plants are native to East Asia. Tea is supposed to have, introduced to India from China.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sugarcane, cotton, jute, oilseeds, and tobacco are common profitable cash crops cultivated. With an increase in productivity of certain crops, especially sugar, the government aids the cultivation in providing incentives.