Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> With reference to tea cultivation, consider the following statements:
1. India is the second largest exporter of tea in the world.
2. In India, tea cultivation is limited to North Bengal and North East only.
Select the correct answer using the code given below

• A. 1 only
• B. 2 only
• C. Both 1 and 2
• D. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer 1

The correct option is A 1 only

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Tea(Camellia thea )-Tea is a labor intensive tropical and sub tropical crop requiring 24-30 celsius of temperature and 150-250 cm of rainfall. A shade loving plant, it prefers deep loamy or organically rich acidic soils India is the second largest producer and largest consumer of tea in the world. Following China, India is the second largest exporter of tea both in value and volume terms.
Varieties- Bohea (Chinese) and Asamica (Assamese)
The major tea-producing states in India are: Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Sikkim, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Bihar, Orissa.