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Cotton grows best in the black cotton soil of the:

  1. Ganga plains
  2. Thar desert
  3. Konkan coast
  4. Deccan plateau
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Correct answer: D. Deccan plateau

1. Cotton likes drier parts. 2. Black soil holds moisture. 3. That soil is on the Deccan plateau. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 4, Agriculture._

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Cotton needs how many frost-free days?

  1. 210
  2. 90
  3. 365
  4. 30
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Correct answer: A. 210

1. Cotton takes 6 to 8 months to mature. 2. Frost would kill the crop. 3. It needs 210 frost-free days. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 4, Agriculture._

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Land reform was the main focus of which Five Year Plan?

  1. Tenth
  2. First
  3. Second
  4. Fifth
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Correct answer: B. First

1. Zamindari abolition and consolidation were priorities. 2. This came right after Independence. 3. It was the First Five Year Plan. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 4, Agriculture._

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