Q1. Read the following passage and answer the following questions-
1. Coorg is the heart of India's coffee country, Coffee is the world's heavily traded commodity after crude oil.
Coorg boasts a land area four times larger than Hong Kong and seven times area of Singapore. Most of it is
under tree cover because unlike tea plants, the coffee bush requires shade.
2. India is acknowledged as the producer of the finest mild coffees. Coorg and the neighbouring
Chickmangalaur districts in Karnataka have consistently produced in the country. Coorg coffee for over 150
years. The coffee output of these two districts accounts for 70 percent of the total coffee produced in the
country. Coorg coffee is valued for its blue colour, clean beans and fine liquoring qualities and is in demand in
the international markets.
3. In march and april, the coffee blossom time in coorg, when blossom transform into berries, the bushes are
cropped. The cherry red fruit is then pulped; the seeds are seprated, dried and sent for curing. Coorg or Kodagu
is the district which is the one of largest producers of pepper, cardamom and honey in the world,
4. Not much is known about the early history of coorg. Recorded history is available only from 1600 A.D.
onwards when Kodava rajas ruled over the region and established their capital at Mearaca by constructing a
mud walled fort. The maritial Kodavas troubled hyder ali and his son tipu sultan, who ruled the mysore region
in the 18th century, by way of sporadic rebellions. But in 1785, tipu's large army marched into kodagu and
devasted the kingdom. Fourteen years later, with the help of british, who defeated the tipu sultan following the
historic siege of Srirangapatna in 1799, Coorg regained independence and under the leadership of raja
Veerarajendera rebuilt the capital. Later in 1834, the british exiled its ruler chikkaveera rajendra and assumed
administrative charge of the district. The british left india in 1947, leaving behind a legacy of coffee plantations,
colonial buildings and well planned road networks.
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