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Question
Which one of the following is not a plantation crop?
Options
Coffee
Sugarcane
Wheat
Rubber
Solution
Wheat
Explanation:
Because plantation crops are typically grown for profit, "wheat" is not a "plantation crop." Cotton, tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, oil seeds, and cocoa were among the cash crops. Cash crops are large-scale estates that are widely grown in tropical and subtropical areas.
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