Question

Read the following features and identify the crop.

• It is a tropical plantation crop and has three varieties.
• Karnataka alone accounts for more than two-third of its total production of India.
• It is grown in the highlands of Western Ghats in Karnataka and Kerala.

Hint:

Coffee is a major cash crop grown in the Western Ghats, especially in Karnataka and Kerala. Be sure to remember its three varieties when studying plantation crops.

Answer 1

- The crop described in the features is Coffee. It is a tropical plantation crop and is grown mainly in Karnataka and Kerala, specifically in the Western Ghats region.
- Karnataka is indeed the leading producer of coffee in India, contributing to more than two-thirds of the country's total production.
- Coffee has three varieties – Arabica, Robusta, and Liberica, which further supports that the correct crop is coffee.
Thus, the correct answer is (C) Coffee.