{"id":999,"date":"2023-06-19T12:48:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T07:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=999"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:14:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:44:57","slug":"q-with-reference-to-the-cultivation-of-kharif-crops-in-india-in-the-last-five-years-consider-the-following-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-the-cultivation-of-kharif-crops-in-india-in-the-last-five-years-consider-the-following-statements","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to the cultivation of Kharif crops in India in the last five years, consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Area under rice cultivation is the highest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Area under the cultivation of jowar is&nbsp;<strong>more than<\/strong>&nbsp;that of oilseeds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Area of cotton cultivation is&nbsp;<strong>more than<\/strong>&nbsp;that of sugarcane.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Area under sugarcane cultivation has&nbsp;<strong>steadily<\/strong>&nbsp;decreased.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2, 3 and 4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2, 3 and 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (a) 1 and 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The area under&nbsp;<strong>rice cultivation<\/strong>&nbsp;in India, in 2013-14 was 44.13&nbsp;million hectares while in 2015-16, it became&nbsp;43.39 million hectares and&nbsp;is&nbsp;<strong>highest amongst all<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;annual area under&nbsp;<strong>Jowar<\/strong>&nbsp;ranges between&nbsp;17&nbsp;and&nbsp;18 million hectares while&nbsp;the oilseed area is&nbsp;28 million hectares (2013-14), 26.1 million hectares (2015-16) i.e area under the cultivation of&nbsp;<strong>Jowar is less than that of oilseeds<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The area under&nbsp;<strong>sugarcane cultivation<\/strong>&nbsp;has<strong>&nbsp;not steadily decreased<\/strong>. The area&nbsp;under sugarcane cultivation 4.99&nbsp;million hectares (2013-14), 5.066 million hectares (2014-15), 4.953 million hectares (2015-16).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The area under&nbsp;<strong>cotton cultivation<\/strong>&nbsp;is 11.96 million hectares (2013-14), 12.81 million hectares (2014-15), and 11.87&nbsp;million hectares (2015- 16). Hence the area under&nbsp;<strong>cotton cultivation is more than sugar cultivation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Kharif-crops.webp\" alt=\"Kharif crops\" class=\"wp-image-40670\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_a8ddde-d3 .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_a8ddde-d3 .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_a8ddde-d3\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the statements given above are correct? 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