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General knowledge refresher
General knowledge refresher Published this article page no 34 india ranks fourth in the world in the production of cotton after china u.s.a. and pakistan and accounts for about 8.3 per cent of production of cotton in the world. cotton occupies about 4.7 per cent of total cropped area in the country. there are three cotton growing areas i.e. parts of punjab haryana and northern rajasthan in north-west gujarat and maharashtra in the west and plateaus of andhra pradesh karnataka and tamil nadu leading...
wow magazine
wow magazine Published this article page no35 india lost large jute growing areas to east pakistan bangladesh during partition. at present india produces about three-fifth of jute production of the world. west bengal accounts for about three-fourth of the production in the country. bihar and assam are other jute growing areas. being concentrated only in a few states this crop accounts for only about 0.5 per cent of total cropped area in the country. other crops sugarcane tea and coffee are ot...
Mahindra current affairs magazine
Mahindra current affairs magazine Published this article page no 36 in southern india it is cultivated in irrigated tracts of karnataka tamil nadu telangana and andhra pradesh. india was the second largest producer of sugarcane after brazil in 2008-09. it accounts for about 23 per cent of the world production of sugarcane. but it occupies only 2.4 per cent of total cropped area in the country. uttar pradesh produces about two-fifth of sugarcane of the country. maharashtra karnataka tamil nadu telan...
Knowledge quest magazine
Knowledge quest magazine published this article page no 37 it is an indigenous crop of hills in northern china. it is grown over undulating topography of hilly areas and welldrained soils in humid and sub-humid tropics and sub-tropics. in india tea plantation started in 1840s in brahmaputra valley of assam which still is a major tea growing area in the country. later on its plantation was introduced in the sub-himalayan region of west bengal darjiling jalpaiguri and cooch bihar districts. tea is ...
Sarita magazine
Sarita magazine published this article page no 38 indias share in the international market of tea has declined substantially. at present it ranks third among tea exporting countries in the world after sri lanka and china. assam accounts for about 53.2 per cent of the total cropped area and contributes more than half of total production of tea in the country. west bengal and tamil nadu are the other leading producers of tea. coffee coffee is a tropical plantation crop. its seeds are roasted ground and are used for preparing a beverage. there are three varieties of coffee i.e. arabica ...