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UPSC 2019: Kharif Crop Area Rankings

✅ Answer: (a) 1 and 3 only

Rice has the largest Kharif-season area of any crop, and cotton’s area is roughly double sugarcane’s — so statements 1 and 3 are correct. Statement 2 is wrong: oilseeds cover far more Kharif area than jowar. Statement 4 is wrong too: sugarcane area fluctuated over this period rather than steadily falling.

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1. With reference to the cultivation of Kharif crops in India in the last five years, consider the following statements: 1. Area under rice cultivation is the highest. 2. Area under the cultivation of jowar is more than that of oilseeds. 3. Area of cotton cultivation is more than that of sugarcane. 4. Area under sugarcane cultivation has steadily decreased. Which of the statements given above are correct? (UPSC CSP 2019)

1 and 3 only

2 and 4 only

2, 3 and 4 only

1, 2, 3 and 4

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