Question

The percentage of food crops in the total cropped area is ……
A) 80%
B) 65%
C) 85%
D) 70%

Answer 1

Hint: This total area is also known as the total area cultivated or the total area planted.
Area Sown more than once: this is the area where crops are grown more than once during the farming year. This is done by deducting the Net Area Sown from the Total Cropped Area.

Complete answer:
The percentage of food crops in the total cropped area is 65%. Indian agriculture is dominated by food crops. They contribute about 50 percent of the total value of the output of agriculture. They are grown either as a single crop or in combination with other crops throughout the country.

Depending on the differences in soil, environment and cultivation practices, a number of food and non-food crops are grown in various parts of the world. Corn, wheat, millet, pulses, tea, coffee, sugarcane, oil seeds, cotton and jute, etc., are the main crops grown in India.

Now let us look into the given options:
-80% : Percentage of food crops in the total cropped area is 65% thus 80% is the wrong answer.
-65% : Food crops that occupy 65 % of the total cropped area of the country largely dominate Indian agriculture.thus this the right option.
-85% : Percentage of food crops in the total cropped area is 65% thus 85% is the wrong answer.
-70% : Percentage of food crops in the total cropped area is 65% thus 75% is the wrong answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note:In the third quarter, agricultural production in the economy of India increased by 3.5 percent. The world's food supply is dependent on around 150 species of plants. Among those 150, only twelve provide three-quarters of the food in the world. About half the world's food energy comes from a small number of three mega-crop varieties: rice, wheat, and maize.