Question

Egypt is famous for growing ________.
A. Wheat
B. Maize
C. Cotton
D. Rice

Answer 1

Hint: The Sahara desert is inhabited by various groups of people despite the harsh weather conditions it has. The Oasis of the Sahara desert and the Nile Valley in Egypt support the settled population.

Complete answer:
People live in extremely harsh weather conditions and they’ve learned to cope with such weather conditions, in some places it’s as hot as fire and in some places, it’s as cold as ice. Such areas are called the Desert areas of the world. They have negligible rainfall, scanty vegetation, and extreme temperatures. There are two types of deserts, depending on the temperatures, Hot deserts, and Cold Deserts. People inhabit these areas wherever there’s little water to be found and practice agriculture. One of the hot deserts of the world is the Sahara desert and it’s the world’s largest desert. The climate of this desert is scorching hot and parched dry.

The temperatures during the day reach as high as $50^\circ {\text{C}}$. It touches eleven countries which are Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. It covers vast stretches of sands, gravel plains, and elevated plateaus with bare rocky surfaces. These rocky surfaces are as high as 2500m and sometimes even higher than that. In Egypt, since water is available due to the Nile Valley, people grow date palms. Crops such as barley, beans, rice, and wheat are also grown here. Egyptian Cotton, which is famous worldwide, is also grown in Egypt.

Therefore, Egypt is famous for growing Cotton, and Option C is the correct answer.

Note: Egyptian Cotton is the finest cotton in the world. The climate in Egypt allows for extra-long growth of the cotton fibers and this makes it possible to make the finest fabric of the world. The strength of the fiber makes fabrics more resistant to stress and thus solid. The softness of it isn’t comparable to anywhere else in the world.