Question

Tea and coffee are important crops because they are
(i) cash
(ii) beverage
(iii) plantation
(iv) non-food
A) (i), (ii), (iii) only
B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
C) (i), (ii), (iv) only
D) (i), (iii), (iv)

Answer 1

Hint:
- A cash crop, sometimes known as a profitable crop, is an agricultural crop grown for the purpose of profit. It's usually bought by people who aren't connected to a farm.
- A plantation is a large-scale estate, usually centred on a plantation house, that is used for cash crop production.
- Non-alcoholic beverage crops include tea, coffee, sugar beet, sugar cane, lemongrass, coconut, and others.
- Non-food crops are those grown for profit rather than for human use.

Complete answer:
In India, coffee production is dominated by the hill regions of South Indian states, with Karnataka accounting for 71%, Kerala for 21%, and Tamil Nadu for 12%. (5 percent of overall production).
Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Sikkim, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Bihar, and Orissa are the major tea-producing states in India. Plants that provide a suitable drink other than water are known as beverage crops. India's most important beverage crops are coffee and tea.

Tea and coffee are non-food crops because we drink them to refresh ourselves rather than as a need.
Tea and coffee are major cash crops, so they are grown on large plantations. Tea and Coffee are considered cash crops because they are primarily grown for the purpose of profits, they are also a large part of India’s exports. They cannot be consumed by the farmers directly because they are not food crops. Hence, from this, it can be concluded that tea and coffee are grown in plantations. They are non-food cash crops and are consumed as beverages. Thus, the correct answer is (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv).

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note: Coffee is grown in three regions of India: the traditional coffee-growing regions of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, followed by new areas developed in the non-traditional areas of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa on the country's eastern coast, and a third region comprising the states of Assam and Manipur.