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2019 · Question 21 · Agriculture
Which one of the following groups of plants was domesticated in the ‘New World’ and introduced into the ‘Old World’?
Choose your answer(a)Tobacco, cocoa and rubber(b)Tobacco, cotton and rubber(c)Cotton, coffee and sugarcane(d)Rubber, coffee and wheat
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)
2019 · Question 83 · Agriculture
With reference to the cultivation of Kharif crops in India in the last five years, consider the following statements : 1. Area under rice cultivation is the highest. 2. Area under the cultivation of jowar is more than that of oilseeds. 3. Area of cotton cultivation is more than that of sugarcane. 4. Area under sugarcane cultivation has steadily decreased. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Choose your answer(a)1 and 3 only(b)2, 3 and 4 only(c)2 and 4 only(d)1, 2, 3 and 4
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary), General Studies Paper I (opens in a new tab)