Question

Cotton was grown over a great swathe of territory spread over:

Options

• Bengal and Odisha

• Central India and the Deccan Plateau

• Punjab and Rajasthan

• Entire South India

Answer 1

Central India and the Deccan Plateau

Explanation:

Fertile terrain, dry regions, hilly regions, and forested parts defined rural India. Peasants were encouraged to produce cash crops by the Mughal State because they brought in more money. Cotton and sugarcane were two of the most important crops or jins-i Kamil.