Question

The country having the largest area under sugarcane cultivation in the monsoon region is __.
A) Myanmar
B) India
C) Thailand
D) Bangladesh

Answer 1

Hint: Sugarcane, is a type of long perennial grass in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, that is used to make sugar. The plants grow to be 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall, with strong, jointed, fibrous stalks rich in sucrose that collect in the stalk internodes.

Complete answer:
Uttar Pradesh has the biggest cane area in India, accounting for about half of the country's total, followed by Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Haryana, and Punjab. These are the nine states that produce the most sugarcane. U.P. also produces the most sugarcane, followed by Maharashtra.

Let us look at the given options:
A) Myanmar: This option is incorrect because Myanmar does not have the largest area under sugarcane cultivation in the monsoon region. Myanmar produces the sixth-largest amount of rice in the world. Rice is the most significant crop in the country, and it is farmed on over 8 million hectares or more than half of the country's arable land. Rice production in the country climbed from over 18 million t in 1995 to over 22 million t in 2010.

B) India: This is the correct answer. India is the country with the most sugar cane plantations in the monsoon season. Uttar Pradesh produces the most sugarcane in the subtropical zone, with an area of 22.77 million ha and a production of 135.64 million tonnes, whereas Haryana has the greatest sugarcane productivity in the subtropical zone.

C) Thailand: This option is incorrect because rice is Thailand's most significant crop, with 60 percent of the country's 13 million farmers cultivating it on half of the country's arable land. Thailand is a major rice exporter around the globe. It does not have the largest area under sugarcane cultivation in the monsoon region.

D) Bangladesh: This option is incorrect because Bangladesh does not have the largest area under sugarcane cultivation in the monsoon region. Rice is Bangladesh's main crop, with 35.8 million metric tonnes produced in 2000. Wheat production in 1999 was 1.9 million tonnes, which was lower than rice production (1,900,000 long tons; 2,100,000 short tons).

Thus, the correct answer is Option (B) i.e, India.

Note: Sugarcanes are members of the Poaceae family of flowering plants, which also includes maize, wheat, rice, and sorghum, as well as a variety of forage crops. It is endemic to India, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea, where it grows in warm, temperate tropical climates. The plant is also used to make biofuels, especially in Brazil, because the canes can be used to make ethyl alcohol directly (ethanol).

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