Question

India is the second-largest producer of sugarcane after ________.
A. Brazil
B. Cuba
C. Australia
D. China
E. None of these

Answer 1

Hint: The country which is the largest producer of sugarcane in the world is the largest country of both South America and Latin America and the fifth-largest country by area in the world.

Complete answer: The cultivation of Sugarcane is an example of plantation agriculture. A large scale farming that specializes in cash crops. Plantations are a type of commercial farming in which a single crop is grown on a large scale is known as Plantation agriculture.
 Sugarcane is the major source of sugar and jaggery (gur). According to the data of 2014, Brazil was the leading sugarcane producer in the world. Thus, as of now it is the largest producer of sugarcane in the world.

While talking about the other options,
B. Till the mid-twentieth century, the largest exporter of sugarcane was Cuba. More than thirty percent of the sugarcane imports came from Cuba. With the collapse of the trade arrangements during the Cold War, there was a decline in the export of the crop.
C. On the coastal plains which are the high rainfall and irrigated areas of Australia, the crop of sugarcane is grown. The most producing region of sugarcane is Queensland.
D. Followed by Brazil and India, China is the third-largest sugarcane producer in the world. The crop grows in the southern part of the country.

Thus the correct option is A.

Note: The crop of sugarcane grows both in hot and humid climates, it is a tropical as well as subtropical crop. In the regions of low rainfall, irrigation is required. The crop needs manual labour from sowing to harvesting.