Question

Answer all questions given under the heading

Crops in India

1. What were the food grains produced in India?
2. Name the commercial crops.
3. Mention the two new crops introduced by the Europeans in India.
4. What is Sericulture?

Answer 1

1. A variety of food grains like wheat, rice, and millets were produced apart from lentils and oilseeds.
2. The commercial crops grown were sugarcane, cotton, and indigo.
3. Maize and tobacco were introduced by the Europeans.
4. Sericulture means silk production by breeding the mulberry silkworm.