alleryWhich crop did orchard owners irrigate heavily in Uttara Kannada?
ARice
BSugarcane
CBetel nut
DJowar
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Betel nut
1. Rural electrification brought free power and subsidised pump sets.
2. Orchard owners used them to irrigate betel nut in the dry season.
3. Rice was the smallholders' crop, which suffered when the water table fell.
_Source: NCERT Position Paper, Habitat and Learning, 7.1.8 Political Science_
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