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Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra together grow about 90 per cent of which crop?Read the answer and worked solution →Long staple American cotton grown in northwest India is locally called:Read the answer and worked solution →West Bengal accounts for about three-fourths of India's output of which fibre crop?Read the answer and worked solution →Which state produces about two-fifths of India's sugarcane?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the rabi cropsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the pulsesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the crop leadersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the oilseedsRead the answer and worked solution →Kharif or rabiRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the land useRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Farm bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A globe shows mostly blue. Water covers about what share of the earth's surface?Read the answer and worked solution →Of all the water on earth, roughly how much is fresh water?Read the answer and worked solution →India has about 16 per cent of the world's people. What share of the world's water resources does it have?Read the answer and worked solution →How much water does India receive from precipitation in a year?Read the answer and worked solution →India has about 10,360 rivers and tributaries longer than what length?Read the answer and worked solution →Only 32 per cent of surface water can be used. What is the usable amount?Read the answer and worked solution →The Ganga, Brahmaputra and Barak basins cover one third of India's area. What share of surface water do they hold?Read the answer and worked solution →India's total replenishable groundwater is about how much?Read the answer and worked solution →A tubewell farmer in Punjab pumps heavily. Which States use groundwater most intensively?Read the answer and worked solution →Brackish lagoon water in Kerala, Odisha and West Bengal is used for what?Read the answer and worked solution →Bhakra-Nangal, Hirakud and Nagarjuna Sagar are examples of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sector uses about 89 per cent of India's surface water?Read the answer and worked solution →Industry uses only 2 per cent of surface water. What share does the domestic sector use?Read the answer and worked solution →In Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, what share of net sown area is irrigated?Read the answer and worked solution →Wells and tubewells irrigate what share of Punjab's net irrigated area?Read the answer and worked solution →Over-pumping groundwater in Rajasthan and Maharashtra has raised which contaminant?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two rivers are named as the most polluted in India?Read the answer and worked solution →The Central Pollution Control Board monitors water quality at how many stations?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra together grow about 90 per cent of which crop?

  1. Soyabean
  2. Raw jute
  3. Tea leaf
  4. Paddy rice
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Correct answer: A. Soyabean

1. Soyabean is a major oilseed. 2. It is mostly grown in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. 3. The two states give about 90 per cent of output. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 5, Land Resources and Agriculture._

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Long staple American cotton grown in northwest India is locally called:

  1. Barani
  2. Narma
  3. Boro
  4. Aman
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Correct answer: B. Narma

1. India grows short staple and long staple cotton. 2. Long staple American cotton is called narma. 3. It is grown in the northwest. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 5, Land Resources and Agriculture._

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West Bengal accounts for about three-fourths of India's output of which fibre crop?

  1. Silk
  2. Wool
  3. Jute
  4. Cotton
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Correct answer: C. Jute

1. Jute is a cash crop of eastern India. 2. West Bengal grows about three-fourths of it. 3. India makes about three-fifths of world jute. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 5, Land Resources and Agriculture._

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