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UPSC Prelims 1992 · Agriculture · Crops and Where They Grow
Which of the following listings are correct? (Cash crop | Plantation crop | Horticulture crop) 1. Tobacco | Coconut | Sugarcane 2. Sugarcane | Coffee | Coconut 3. Cotton | Tea | Cashew 4. Coconut | Rubber | Tobacco
- (a) 1 and 2
- (b) 1 and 3
- (c) 2 and 3
- (d) 3 and 4
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: (c) 2 and 3
Row 2 (sugarcane, coffee, coconut) and row 3 (cotton, tea, cashew) are correctly grouped.
Why the others are wrong
(a) Row 1 puts sugarcane under horticulture.
(b) Row 1 puts sugarcane under horticulture.
(d) Row 4 puts tobacco under horticulture.
The trap
Coconut can be a plantation or horticulture crop — the wrong rows are given away by sugarcane and tobacco under “horticulture”.
🔒 Horticulture = fruits, vegetables, spices, plantation nuts (coconut, cashew). Cash = cotton, sugarcane, tobacco.
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