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UPSC Prelims 1987 · Agriculture · Crops and Where They Grow
Match the columns: (A) Groundnut · (B) Cotton · (C) Sugarcane — (i) Leguminosae · (ii) Graminae · (iii) Malvaceae
- (a) A-(i) B-(ii) C-(iii)
- (b) A-(i) B-(iii) C-(ii)
- (c) A-(ii) B-(i) C-(iii)
- (d) A-(iii) B-(i) C-(ii)
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Answer: (b) A-(i) B-(iii) C-(ii)
Groundnut – legume family · cotton – Malvaceae (with okra) · sugarcane – Graminae (grasses).
Why the others are wrong
(a) Puts cotton in the grass family.
(c) Puts groundnut in the grass family.
(d) Puts groundnut in Malvaceae.
The trap
Sugarcane is a giant grass — the grass family is the anchor.
🔒 Legumes: groundnut, pulses · Malvaceae: cotton, okra · Poaceae/Graminae: rice, wheat, sugarcane, bamboo.
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