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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2019

 Therefore rich delta and alluvial soils that receive fresh silt regularly are most suitable.
 The chief jute producing states are West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Orissa and Tripura.
 Jute cultivation in India has recently suffered due to reduced demand as a result of
increasing competition of jute with artificial fibres and packaging materials.

Tea
 India is the largest producer and consumer of black tea in the world.
 Tea is grown in 16 states in India. Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala account for
about 95 per cent of total tea production.

Coffee
 Coffee needs hot and humid climate with temperature varying between 15°C and 28°C. It is
generally grown under shady trees.
 Strong sun shine, high temperature above 30°C, frost and snowfall are harmful for coffee
cultivation.
 Dry weather is necessary at the time of ripening of berries. Rainfall between 150 and 250 cm
is favourable for coffee cultivation.
 Well drained, rich friable loamy soil with humus and minerals are ideal for coffee cultivation.
 Coffee also needs cheap and skilled labour.
 Major coffee producing states of India are Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Oilseeds
 Most oilseeds are grown as dry crops in association with other crops.
 The main oilseeds grown in India are groundnut, coconut, linseed, sesame, mustard,
rapeseed, castor seed and coconut.
 The smaller oilseeds are grown in the north, mainly in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan,
Punjab and Haryana, and the larger seeds in the south mainly Kerala, Tamil Nadu,
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
 The leading producers of groundnuts are Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, of
soybeans Madhya Pradesh, of mustard and rapeseed Rajasthan, and of sunflower
Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
 Coconuts are grown in the southern coastal region in the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and
Andhra Pradesh. Gujarat is the leading producer of castor seed and Chhattisgarh of linseed.

Rubber
 Rubber requires high temperatures of around 35 C and more than 200 cm rainfall.
 Kerala is the largest producer, accounting for more than 90% of total production followed by
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Silk
 Although India produces many varieties of raw silk, the mulberry and tussar are the most
important.
 The chief producers are Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh and Assam.
 Bihar leads in the production of tussar silk.

Tobacco
 Tobacco requires temperatures of 15 to 40 C and rainfall of over 50 cm or irrigation
facilities.

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