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Question
Name the state where rice is grown almost exclusively as a cash crop. What makes rice the staple food crop of India?
Solution
In Punjab the farmers cultivate rice as a cash or commercial crop. Rice is grown in almost all states of India except Gujarat and Rajasthan. Rice can feed more people compared to same amount of any other food grains.
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