With reference to the cultivation of Kharif crops in India in the last five years, consider the following statements:
1. Area under rice cultivation is the highest.
2. Area under the cultivation of jowar is more than that of oilseeds.
3. Area of cotton cultivation is more than that of sugarcane.
4. Area under sugarcane cultivation has steadily decreased.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer:
(a)
Moderate
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CA
Statement 1 is correct : Major Kharif crops are rice, maize, cotton of which rice cultivable area is around 435 Million Hectare ,Cotton Is around 120 Million hectare and maize is even lesser than this. Statement 2 is incorrect. Statement 3 is Correct: Cotton cultivation is around 120 Million hectare and sugarcane is around 50 million hectare. Statement 4 is Incorrect : Sugarcane cultivation has not declined Steadily but has fluctuated in last 5 years .