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 cu

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Q: 23 (IAS/2019)
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?

question_subject: 

Geography

question_exam: 

IAS

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keywords: 

{'kharif crops': [3, 0, 2, 2], 'rice cultivation': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'sugarcane cultivation': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'cultivation': [2, 1, 1, 0], 'cotton cultivation': [1, 0, 2, 1], 'sugarcane': [2, 2, 2, 7], 'oilseeds': [3, 0, 4, 2], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13], 'area': [0, 0, 0, 1]}

The correct answer is a.

Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct. Area under rice cultivation is the highest among all the Kharif crops in India in the last five years.

Statement 2 is incorrect. As per the data available, the area under the cultivation of oilseeds is more than that of jowar.

Statement 3 is correct. Area of cotton cultivation is more than that of sugarcane in the last five years.

Statement 4 is not entirely correct. The area under sugarcane cultivation has not steadily decreased in the last five years. In fact, the area under sugarcane cultivation has increased in some years and decreased in others. Therefore, statement 4 is not a correct statement about the trend in the area under sugarcane cultivation in the last five years.