Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: List-I (Crops) List-II (States) (a) Jute (i) Assam (b) Tea (ii) Kerala (c) Rubber (iii) West Bengal (d) Sugarcane (iv) Uttar Pradesh

Concept: India is an agriculturally important country. Two-thirds of its population is engaged in agricultural activities. Agriculture is a primary activity , which produces most of the food that we consume. Besides food grains, it also produces raw materials for various industries. Major crops grown in India are rice, wheat, millets, pulses, tea, coffee, sugarcane, oilseeds, rubber cotton and jute, etc. Explanation: Jute: It is known as golden fibre . Jute grows well on well-drained fertile soils in the flood plains where soils are renewed every year. A high temperature is required during the time of growth. West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Odisha and Meghalaya are the major jute producing states. Tea: Tea cultivation is an example of plantation agriculture . The tea plant grows well in tropical and sub-tropical climates endowed with deep and fertile well-drained soil, rich in humus and organic matter. Tea bushes require a warm and moist frost-free climate all through the year. Frequent showers evenly distributed over the year ensure the continuous growth of tender leaves. Major tea-producing states are Assam , hills of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Rubber : It is an equatorial crop, but under special conditions, it is also grown in tropical and sub-tropical areas. It requires a moist and humid climate with rainfall of more than 200 cm and a temperature above 25°C . Rubber is an important industrial raw material. It is mainly grown in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andaman and Nicobar islands and Garo hills of Meghalaya. Sugarcane: It is a tropical as well as a subtropical crop . It grows well in hot and humid climates with a temperature of 21°C to 27°C and an annual rainfall of 75cm and 100cm. It can be grown on a variety of soils and needs manual labour from sowing to harvesting. India is the second-largest producer of sugarcane only after Brazil. The major sugarcane producing states are Uttar Pradesh , Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Punjab and Haryana. Thus, the correct match is (a) - (iii), (b) - (i), (c) -(ii), (d) - (iv) List-I (Crops) List-II (States) a. Jute (iii) West Bengal b. Tea (i) Assam c. Rubber (ii) Kerala d. Sugarcane (iv) Uttar Pradesh