Morning Star solutions for Total Geography [English] Class 10 chapter 17 - Agriculture - IV: Cash Crops (2) [Latest edition]

Cotton is tropical crop that requires uniformly high ______.

Cotton plant is extremely sensitive to ______ which can kill the plant and destroy the crop.

______ soil is ideal for cotton cultivation.

The fibre or lint is separated from the cotton seeds by a process known as ______.

An inferior substitute for jute which is more coarse and less strong than jute is ______.

The ______ soil gives the heaviest yield of Jute.

______ softens the outer bark of jute and facilitates the early removability of the fibre within.

Tea develops most vigorously under ______ and no ______.

High humidity, heavy ______ and morning ______ are good for the rapid development of young tea leaves.

The process of growing tea shrubs in nurseries from cutting of high yielding varieties is known as ______.

The tea shrub continues to be productive for about ______ years.

______ variety of tea is greenish brown in colour.

______ variety of tea is normally consumed in Russia and Tibet.

______ has the largest area under tea production in the world.

______ is the largest producer of tea in India.

Which of the following are non-traditional coffee producing areas?

What are fibre crops?

Give two examples of plant fibre crops.

What conditions of soil favour the growth of cotton? Why?

Name the two chief cotton-growing areas in India.

Which climatic conditions favour the cultivation of cotton?

How is frost harmful for the growth of cotton plant?

Why is dry weather necessary at the time of harvesting cotton?

What advantages does Long Staple Cotton have?

Why Gujarat and Maharashtra are the leading producers of Cotton?

Describe the process or stages in Ginning of Cotton.

What are the problems associated with the growing of cotton?

State the soil conditions that favour the growth of jute.

In what way is Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta suitable for jute cultivation?

Describe briefly the processing of jute.

Why is mesta an inferior substitute for jute?

Where is mesta grown?

By what other name is jute referred to? Why?

Why are floods beneficial for the growth of jute?

Mention one advantage of delay in jute harvest.

Mention one disadvantage of delay in jute harvest.

Mention some uses of jute.

State any two conditions that favour the growth of tea in the Nilgiris.

State the advantages of growing tea plants on hill slopes.

Name the different varieties of tea grown in India.

Why is blending necessary for tea?

Name the leading producer of tea in India. State two factors that have helped it to become the leading state in tea production.

Define the following term:

Clonal Planting

Define the following term:

Pruning

Name the three varieties of coffee plants grown on commercial scale in India.

Name one state where coffee is grown extensively.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Coffee is grown on the slopes of the hills in Peninsular India.

Why are coffee estates inter-planted with orange trees, cardamom and pepper vines?

Tea bushes are pruned at regular intervals.

Describe briefly the Dry Parchment method of processing of coffee.

Give two climatic factors that favour the cultivation of coffee.

1. Why is jute retted?
2. How is this done?