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UPSC Prelims 1987 · Agriculture · Crops and Where They Grow
Match the columns: (A) Bajra · (B) Wheat · (C) Groundnut · (D) Banana — (i) Rust · (ii) Wilt · (iii) Tikka · (iv) Ergot
- (a) A-(i) B-(ii) C-(iii) D-(iv)
- (b) A-(i) B-(iv) C-(iii) D-(ii)
- (c) A-(iv) B-(i) C-(iii) D-(ii)
- (d) A-(iv) B-(ii) C-(i) D-(iii)
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Answer: (c) A-(iv) B-(i) C-(iii) D-(ii)
Bajra – ergot · wheat – rust · groundnut – tikka (leaf spot) · banana – wilt (Panama disease).
Why the others are wrong
(a) Gives bajra rust.
(b) Gives bajra rust.
(d) Gives wheat wilt.
The trap
Wheat rust is the famous one — it fixes B, and only (c) has bajra–ergot too.
🔒 Wheat rust · bajra ergot · groundnut tikka · banana Panama wilt · rice blast.
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