Question

The largest producer of cashew nut in India is __________.
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Gujarat
(C) Odisha
(D) Tamil Nadu

Answer 1

Hint: The cashew tree produces the cashew apple and the cashew seed and it is a tropical evergreen tree. In the culinary sense, the cashew seed is often considered a nut; this cashew nut is processed into cashew cheese or cashew butter, eaten on its own, or used in recipes.

Complete step-by-step solution:
Cashew was mainly considered as a crop for afforestation in the beginning. As it can adapt to varied agro-climatic conditions, but it has now become a crop of high economic and commercial value. The cultivation and marketing of cashew nuts play a vital role in the economic activities in India since it involves a considerable amount of manpower.
The main cashew producers are the coastal states of India. The problems associated with its cultivation is that domestic and export marketing do not permit the growers to reap optimum return and traders do not get reasonable profit though the production thrives both in domestic and foreign trade. In domestic and export marketing of cashew nuts in India, large numbers of middlemen are involved. Many a time the growers are at the mercy of unscrupulous village traders as there is no organized domestic and export market for cashew nuts.
Vietnam, India, and the Ivory Coast were the major producers of cashew in 2017. The major cashew nut producing states in India are Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Goa. Out of these, the largest producer of cashew nuts is Maharashtra.

Thus, option (A) is correct.

Note: The cashew tree is large and evergreen, with a short, often irregularly shaped trunk growing to 14 m tall. Cashews are usually grouped with other types of tree nuts, but they also are very similar to legumes and seeds.