Q83. With reference to the cultivation of Kharif crops in the last five years, consider the following statements:
- Area under rice cultivation is the highest.
- Area under the cultivation of jowar is more than that of oilseeds.
- Area of cotton cultivation is more than that of sugarcane.
- Area under sugarcane cultivation has steadily decreased.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 2 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: A
- As per the annual report of Ministry of Agriculture, area, production and yield of major crops are as follow:
- Statement 1 is correct: With reference to the cultivation of Kharif crops in the last five years, the area under rice cultivation is the highest.
- Statement 2 is not correct: Area under Coarse cereals is less than area under oilseeds. Jowar is a coarse cereal.
- Statement 3 is correct: Area of cotton cultivation (108.45 lakh hectares in 2016-17) is more than thatof sugarcane (43.89 lakh hectares in 2016-17).
- Statement 4 is not correct. In 2013-14 to 2014-15, area under sugarcane cultivation increased while it decreasing for the next two years. But during the last five years, it has not decreased steadily.
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