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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 producers of this crop are maharashtra gujarat andhra pradesh punjab and haryana. per hectare output of cotton is high under irrigated conditions in north-western region of the country. its yield is very low in maharashtra where it is grown under rainfed conditions. jute jute is used for making coarse cloth bags sacks and decorative items. it is a cash crop in west bengal and adjoining eastern parts of the country general knowledge refresher education.