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UPSC Prelims 1987 · Agriculture · Crops and Where They Grow
Opium is obtained from
- (a) Tablet type latex
- (b) Latex juice
- (c) Seed capsule of opium poppy
- (d) Poppy leaves
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: (c) Seed capsule of opium poppy
Opium is the dried latex from cuts in the unripe seed capsule of the opium poppy.
Why the others are wrong
(b) Latex is what comes out, but from a specific part.
(d) Leaves are not the source.
The trap
“Latex juice” is half the answer — the capsule is the source.
🔒 Opium: unripe poppy capsule latex; licensed cultivation in MP, Rajasthan, UP (CBN).
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