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Question 1What are the climatic conditions that favour the cultivation of cotton?
Question 2Where in India does long staple cotton grow? What are its advantages?
Question 3Is dry weather necessary at the time of harvest of cotton? Why?
Question 4Why is jute called the 'brown paper' of the wholesale trade?
Question 5What are the geographical requirements for growing jute? Name the leading producer of jute.
Question 6Name the two most important fibre crops of India.
Question 7Name the different varieties of tea in India.
Question 8Why is tea generally grown on the hill slopes?
Question 9Why are the tea plants pruned?
Question 10Name the leading producer of tea in India. What factors have helped it to become the leading state?
Question 11Why is the plucking of tea leaves entrusted generally to women?
Question 12Name the different stages of tea processing before it is sent out to the market.
Question 13Name the two main centres where tea is auctioned.
Question 14Why is blending necessary for tea?
Question 15Give two reasons stating the economic importance of the tea industry.
Question 16Name two important regions where tea is grown in south India.
Question 17Name the two main varieties of coffee grown in India.
Question 18Why are young coffee plants protected from heat?
Question 19State three factors which favour the cultivation of coffee in South India. Name the leading producer of coffee in India.
Question 20State one climatic and one commercial problem that coffee cultivation in India faces.
Question 21Name the different methods by which sugarcane can be propagated.
Question 22State the leading producer of sugarcane in India.
Question 23What are the advantages of ‘Ratooning'?
Question 24Give two problems the farmers of north India face during sugarcane cultivation.
Question 25What advantage does the Deccan region have over the north with reference to sugarcane cultivation?
Question 26Name a few diseases that sugarcane plant is susceptible to.
Question 27Name a few important oil-seeds grown in India.
Question 28State the economic importance of oilseeds.
Question 29What is an oil cake? How is it used?
Question 30Name the non-edible oilseeds. Why are they so called?
Question 31Give the geographical conditions necessary for the growth of groundnuts. Name its leading producer.
Question 32Name the by-products of sugarcane. Give one important use of each.
Question 33Why are floods beneficial for better growth of jute?
Question 34Explain the following terms. With which crop do you associate them?GinningRettingClonal plantingRatooningFine pluckingBud grafting
Question 35Give reason —Tea is best grown on hill slopes.Pruning is essential for a tea plant.Honey bees are reared on coffee plants.
Question 36Answer in one word —Method in which coffee is obtained by pulping, fermenting, washing and drying.Method in which coffee berries are dried...