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Question-48
What are the fibre crops of India and from where are there obtained?
Question-49
Which variety of Indian coffee is of great demand in the world and from where was it initially brought? Where was its cultivation initially?

Answer 1

Solution 48:

(1) The four major fibre crops of India are: – Cotton, jute, hemp and natural silk.

(2) Cotton, jute and hemp are derived from crops grown in the soil: Natural silk is obtained from the cocoons of silk worms fed on green leaves, especially mulberry.

Solution 49:

(1) The Arabic variety of Indian coffee is in great demand in the world.

(2) It was initially brought from Yemen and now produced in the country.

(3) Initially it was cultivated on Baba Budan hills.

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Asked on December 27, 2019 by

Khushbu Anvar

The most important fibre crops grown in India are

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Cotton and jute are the two most important fibre crops of India. Cotton provides the basic raw material to cotton textile industry. Cotton is a kharif crop which requires 6 to 8 months to mature. The main cotton producing states are Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.

Next to cotton, jute is the second important fibre crop of India. India is one of the principle producers of jute in the world. The major jute producing states of India are West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Meghalaya.