Question-46
Point out the five uses of jute. Why is it losing market?
Question-47
What is the rank, India holds in cotton production in the world? Name the major cotton producing state of India.
Answers
Solution 46:
Uses – It is used in making gunny bags, mats robes, yarn, carpets and other artifacts.
Due to its high cost, it is losing market to synthetic fibres, which are much cheaper and are now used for packing materials, particularly nylon.
Solution 47:
(1)India ranks third in the cotton production in the world.
(2)Major Cotton producing slates are :- Maharashtra, Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Answer:
The various technological and institutional reforms consist of various measures taken by the Central and State governments from time to time. Flooding of fields with water is now being replaced by drip irrigation and the use of sprinklers. Chemical fertilizers are being used on a large scale, to increase the farm yields. Bio- fertilisers are now supplementing them. High yielding and early maturing quality seeds have been developed. Most of these technology inputs gave birth to Green Revolution in sixties and seventies of twentieth century. White Revolution followed the Green Revolution.
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