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UPSC Prelims 1996 · Agriculture · Crops and Where They Grow
Which one of the following areas of India produces largest amount of cotton?
- (a) North-west India and Gangetic West Bengal
- (b) North-west and western India
- (c) Western and southern India
- (d) Plains of northern India
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: (c) Western and southern India
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra and Karnataka — western and southern India — produce most cotton.
Why the others are wrong
(a) Gangetic Bengal is jute country, not cotton.
(b) The north-west (Punjab, Haryana) grows cotton, but the biggest share comes from the western and southern black-soil States.
(d) The northern plains are wheat–rice areas.
The trap
Punjab cotton is well known, so (b) tempts.
🔒 Cotton: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana (black soil).
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