Q. Consider the following crops:
1. Pineapple
2. Cotton
3. Sugarcane
How many of the crops mentioned above are practiced as plantation crop?

[A] Only one

[B] Only two

[C] All three

[D] None of the above

Answer: C
Notes:

Explanation: Plantation agriculture as mentioned above was introduced by the Europeans in colonies situated in the tropics. Some of the important plantation crops are tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber, cotton, oil palm, sugarcane, bananas and pineapples.

Source: NCERT XII- Fundamental of Human Geography

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