Question

What is India's position in the production of sugar?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth

Answer 1

Hint: The largest sugar producing countries are:- Brazil, India, Thailand, China .India accounts nearly one-fifth of the world sugarcane production.

Complete answer:
India is the second largest producer of sugar in the world.
Approximately 80% of the world’s sugar is processed from sugar cane in tropical and subtropical climates with the remaining 20% acquired from sugar beet, which is grown mostly in the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere.
A total of 124 countries produce sugar in the world. Brazil is the leading producer of sugar in the world, yielding approximately 33 million metric tonnes of sugar.
In the last five years, three states namely Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Karnataka have together produced 111 million tonnes of sugar, reveals the data presented by the Ministry of Agriculture in Lok Sabha. India is seeing record levels of sugar production due to increased sugar farmlands and improved yields.
Sugar crops provide production substitutes to food, such as livestock feed, fibre and energy, particularly biofuels (sugar based ethanol) and co-generation of electricity (cane bagasse). Sugarcane is considered as one of the most magnificent and efficient sources of biomass for biofuel production.

Therefore the correct answer is B.

Note: India is the second largest producer of sugar in the world but it stands on the first place in the production of gur and khandsari. There are over 460n sugar mills in India spread over Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab , Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh. Sixty percent mils are in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Uttar Pradesh is the leading state in the production of sugar in India.