Growing Agriculture of India

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Growing Agriculture of India
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Corns
Cash Crops
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• Tea Coffee
• Jute
• Tobacco
• Rubber
• Sugar Cane
• Oil Seeds and Spices

• Rice
• Wheat
• Maize
• Millets

Conclusion
Exercise
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RICE
INDIA

• Rice is the chief corn eaten in India. India
  stands second in the world after China in rice
  production.

Rice
Jammu Kashmir
Himachal Pradesh
Punjab
Haryana
Uttrakhand
N E P A L
Assam
2. It is a sawani (Kharif) crop.
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Madhya Pradesh
3. It needs high temperature and heavy
rainfall.
West Bengal
Chhatisgarh
4. It grows best in the clayey soil, where
water keeps standing.
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Coastal Plains
5. Rice grows in Kashmir Valley, Punjab,
Harayana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
U.P., Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh,
Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Entire Coastal
Plains.
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WHEAT
INDIA
Wheat
1. Wheat is the second important corn eaten in
India.
PUNJAB
UTTARAKHAND
WEST UTTAR PRADESH
HARAYANA
N E P A L
2. It is an Asadhi (Rabi) crop.
MADHYA PRADESH
GUJRAT
3. It is produced in Punjab, Harayana,
Uttarakhand and West Uttar Pradesh.
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4. It is also grown in Gujrat, Malwa Plateau and
Madhya Pradesh.
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Maize
INDIA
Maize

• It is a Sawani (Kharif) crop and needs high
  temperature and medium rainfall.

J K
Himachal Pradesh
Punjab
Rajasthan
N E P A L
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
2. It is eaten as a supplementary corn mostly
during winter.
Deccan Platue
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3. It is grown in Kashmir Valley, Punjab,
Himachal Pradesh, U.P., Rajasthan,Bihar and
Parts of Deccan Plateau.
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INDIA
Millets.
Millets.
1. Millets includes rough corns like bajara,
jowar and ragi etc.
Harayana
N E P A L
Rajasthan
2. Millets can grow in dry areas too.
Uttar Pradesh
Gujrat
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
3. Harayana, Rajasthan, Uttar- Pradesh,
Gujrat, Madhya- Pradesh, Maharashtra, and
Karnataka grow these rough corns which are
used as fodder also.
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Karnataka
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Tea Coffee
INDIA
Tea Coffee
1. Tea plants need a hot moist climate and heavy
rains all the year round. But the water must not
stand around the roots of the plants.
Himachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand
N E P A L
Assam
North-West Bengal
2. Our country is the leading producer of tea in
the world.
3. Tea is grown in Assam, North-West Bengal,
Nilgiri Hills, Kangra Hills (H.P.) and Kumaon
Hills (Uttarakhand).
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Karnataka
Kerala
Nilgiri Hills
4. Coffee is produced in Kerala and Karnataka.
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Jute
INDIA
(The Golden Fibre)
Jute
1.Jute needs high temperature and plenty of
rainfall.
N E P A L
2. This crop earns a lot of money from other
countries for India. So, Jute is called the
Golden Fibre.
Bihar
Bangladesh
West Bengal
3. Jute is grown mainly in West Bengal and
Bihar.
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4. The only other country that grows Jute in
the world is Bangladesh.
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Tobacco
INDIA
Tobacco
1.India stands second in the world in
producing Tobacco.
N E P A L
2. It is produced in Gujrat, Karnataka, Tamil
Nadu and Andhra Pradesh mostly.
Gujrat
3. Other states also grow Tobacco to meet the
local needs.
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Andhra Pradesh
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Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
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Rubber
INDIA
Rubber
1. Rubber is an important cash-crop of India as
it is a raw material for industry.
N E P A L
2. Rubber is made from the sap of a tree. The
Rubber tree grows best in heavy rainfall and high
temperature all the year round.
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3. Rubber tree grows only along the Malabar Coast
in Kerala.
Malabar Coast
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Sugar-cane
INDIA
Sugar-cane
1.India is the leading producer in Sugar-cane.
Punjab
Harayana
2.Sugar-cane is used to make Sugar, Gur and
Shakkar etc.
Uttar Pradesh
N E P A L
Bihar
3.It requires high temperature and heavy rains.
Maharashtra
4.It is a full year crop, sown in February-March
and it ripens in mid winter.
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Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
5.Uttar Pradesh leads in producing sugar-cane. It
is also grown in Punjab, Eastern Harayana, Bihar,
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil
Nadu.
Tamil Nadu
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Oil-seeds Spices
INDIA
Oil-seeds Spices
1.India Produces Oil-seeds like Mustard,
Groundnuts, Linseed, Moles, Cotton-seeds
andCastor-seeds etc.
Rajasthan
N E P A L
2.Groundnuts are mostly grown in Gujrat, South
India and Rajasthan. Remaining oil-seeds Are
grown all over North India.
Gujrat
South India
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3.Indian spices have been world famous over the
centuries.
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Konkan and Malabar Coast
4.They grow mostly along the Western Coast of
India in Konkan and Malabar Plain in Karnataka
and Kerala.
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Conclusion
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1. The chief corns grown in India are Rice,
Wheat, Maize and Millets.
2. Rice and Wheat are the chief food crops of the
Indians.
3. India stands IInd in rice production in the
world after China.
4. Maize and Millets as Jowar, Bajara and Ragi
etc. are also grown in India.
5. Tea, Coffee, Tobacco, Ruber, Sugar-cane,
Oil-seeds and Spices etc. are chief cash
crops of India.
6. India is the leading producer of Tea in the
world.
7. India earns a lot of foreign currency by
exporting Jute (The Golden Fibre).
8. Rubber is produced only along the Malabar
Coast in Kerala.
9. Different Spices are grown along the Konkan
and Malabar Plains in Karnataka and Kerala.
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Exercise
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Time 30 Minutes
M.M. - 10
Answer the following questions 2 x 3 6
1. Describe the essential climate and soil for
rice production in India.
2. Describe the suitable climate and land for tea
plant.
3. Which are the chief cash crops grown in India?
Mark the following by the given marks for each in
the map of India and write their names. 1 x 4 4
1. Any two rice producing areas of India.
Use the following Marks
2. Any two sugar-cane producing areas of India.
Rice
3. Any two tea producing areas of India.
Sugar-cane
Tea
4. Any two jute producing areas of India.
Jute