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Which Indian state ranks first in the production of black soils' principal crop — cotton?

APunjab
BTamil Nadu
CMaharashtra
DKarnataka
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Maharashtra
1. syllabus pairs cotton with the black soil belt. 2. Major cotton-producing states include Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. 3. Maharashtra leads cotton production area-wise in India. _Source: syllabus Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 4 "Agriculture", §Cotton ¶1_
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