Question-50
Give importance of groundnut as an oil seed? Name the largest groundnut producing states in India.
Question-51
Give the main oil seeds grown in India. Point out 2 to 3 of their uses.
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Solution 50:
(1)Groundnut accounts for about half of the major oil seeds produced in India.
(2)The largest producer of ground nut Is Andhra Pradesh. Other states are Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Solution 51:
The main oil seeds produced in India are groundnut, coconut, mustard, seamum, soya bean, castor seeds, cotton seeds, linseed and seen flower.
Uses – Most of these are edible and used in cooking. Some of them are used a raw material in the production of soap, cosmetics and ointments.
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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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