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UPSC Prelims 2000 · Agriculture · Crops and Where They Grow
Consider the following statements: Which of these statements are correct?
- Maharashtra has the highest area under Jowar in India.
- Gujarat is the largest producer of groundnut in India.
- Rajasthan has the largest area of cultivable waste lands in India.
- Andhra Pradesh has the highest per hectare yield of maize in India.
- (a) 1 and 4
- (b) 2 and 3
- (c) 1 and 3
- (d) 2 and 4
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Answer: (c) 1 and 3
Maharashtra (jowar area) and Rajasthan (cultivable wasteland).
Statement by statement
1. ✓ CORRECT Maharashtra has the largest jowar area.
2. ✗ WRONG Gujarat was then usually first, but in 2000 the ranking was contested with Andhra/Tamil Nadu; the key treats it as wrong.
3. ✓ CORRECT Rajasthan has the most cultivable wasteland.
4. ✗ WRONG Andhra did not have the highest maize yield (Tamil Nadu/Punjab did at the time).
Why the others are wrong
(a) Accepts the maize-yield claim.
(b) Accepts Gujarat as the top groundnut producer at the time.
(d) Accepts two statements the key rejects.
The trap
Groundnut leadership has swung between Gujarat, Andhra and Tamil Nadu over the years — answer by the question’s year.
🔒 Jowar: Maharashtra. Cultivable wasteland: Rajasthan. Groundnut today: Gujarat.