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Agriculture & Resources — Geography Questions & Practice

Practise 21 Agriculture & Resources questions from Geography for competitive exams such as UPSC, Banking, SSC and Railway. Read the worked questions below, check every answer with an explanation, and track what you get wrong.

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1. India's Green Revolution of the 1960s, which dramatically boosted foodgrain production, was pioneered chiefly in which two states?

  1. ABihar and West Bengal
  2. BPunjab and Haryana
  3. CTamil Nadu and Kerala
  4. DMaharashtra and Gujarat
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Answer: B

The Green Revolution was pioneered chiefly in Punjab and Haryana, where high-yielding wheat varieties dramatically increased production.

2. Which crop was the primary initial focus of India's Green Revolution technology?

  1. AWheat
  2. BCotton
  3. CSugarcane
  4. DJute
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Answer: A

The Green Revolution initially centred on high-yielding wheat varieties, later extending its methods to rice cultivation.

3. Uttar Pradesh has traditionally been India's leading producer of which cash crop, widely grown along the Ganga plains?

  1. ACotton
  2. BSugarcane
  3. CJute
  4. DTea
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Answer: B

Uttar Pradesh has long been India's leading producer of sugarcane, grown extensively across its fertile Ganga plains.

4. Gujarat has traditionally led Indian states in the production of which major cash crop, well suited to its black soil regions?

  1. ACotton
  2. BJute
  3. CTea
  4. DCoffee
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Answer: A

Gujarat's black soil regions are highly suitable for cotton cultivation, making it a leading cotton-producing state.

5. Jute cultivation in India is concentrated chiefly in which two eastern states, given their humid climate and fertile alluvial soil?

  1. AWest Bengal and Assam
  2. BOdisha and Jharkhand
  3. CBihar and Uttar Pradesh
  4. DKerala and Tamil Nadu
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Answer: A

Jute is grown predominantly in West Bengal and Assam, where the humid climate and alluvial soil favour its cultivation.

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