Question

Which of the following crop have been brought to India from the new world
(a) Coffee
(b) Mango, tea
(c) Mango, tea, rubber
(d) Cashew nut, potato, rubber

Answer 1

Hint: Mango is one of the oldest and most important tropical fruits. Coffee grows well in India, America, the West Indies, and Central America. Tea is consumed by nearly half of the world population.

Complete answer:
Cashew nut, potato, rubber are the crops that have been brought to India from New World. Tea plants are native to East Asia. Tea is supposed to have, introduced to India from China. Mango is native to South Asia. The common coffee species Coffea arabica is native to Abyssinia. The rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis is a native of the Southern Amazon valley in South America. Potato is a native to South America. The major potato growing countries include the USA, Russia, France, Poland, Germany, UK, etc. Cashew plants are mostly grown in Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America, including northeastern Brazil. The cashew tree is native to South and Central America.

Additional Information:
- China is the largest tea producing country. India and Sri Lanka are also major tea- producers. In India, Assam, North Bengal, Kerala, and Nilgiri hills are the chief tea-growing areas.
- Major mango – producing Indian states are U.P, Punjab, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu.
- Potato is now grown all over the world. Its tubers are consumed in India as a vegetable rather than a staple food.

Note: Coffee is a common name for the seeds or beans of coffee plants and the beverage brewed from them. Coffee is a stimulating non- alcoholic beverage obtained by boiling the powder of roasted seeds.
- The rubber tree is also called a Para rubber because the first latex collection was made from the Para District of Brazil.
- Cashew plants are widely cultivated for their nuts and derived products throughout Australia, Asia, and Africa.