100+ Geography UPSC Mains Questions & Answers Pdf - 2

Question: 6

Write about sugarcane cultivation?

i. Sugar is manufactured from sugarcane. Sugarcane is mostly cultivated in areas of good irrigation, fertile soils and near the sugar mills.

ii. In Tamilnadu, however, it is grown everywhere, Thiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Vellore, Cuddalore, Thiruchirappalli, Coimbatore and Erode districts are dominant in the cultivation of sugarcane.

iii. Among the sugarcane growing states Tamilnadu gives the most yield. It is twice as much as that for India.

Question: 7

Name some of the important crops of Tamilnadu?

Paddy, millets, Sugarcane, Cotton and Groundnut are some of the important crops of the state.

Question: 8

Which is the Detroit of the state?

Chennai is the Detroit of the state.

Because, about 70% of the nation’s ancillaries and spare parts for automobile industry is manufactured in Chennai industrial region.

Question: 9

What are the oil seeds grown in tamilnadu?

Groundnut, gingelly, castor coconut, sunflower and mustard are some of the oilseeds grown in Tamilnadu.

Question: 10

Write short note on paddy?

Paddy is cultivated in one third of the cropped area of the state. It requires fertile land and plenty of water resources, high temperatures and labourers. Paddy is predominant in areas of the river valleys, coastal plains and delta regions. Tamilnadu is the third ranking state in the production of paddy after Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.