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4.  Wheat is one of the important crops of Punjab.  It is drained by five rivers.  The fertile track is known as doab

6.  Temperature : 10 – 15 C  Harvest season : 20- 25 C  Rainfall : Moderate – 100 cms  Season : Rabi  Light winter showers are beneficial for the crop  Soil: well drained fertile loamy

7.  Grown at the start of winter  Harvested around April ( Baisakh)

10.  Extensive farming is practiced  Land is ploughed by tractors, ox- pulled, land is irrigated, fertilizers and pesticides are used to get good benefit.  Seeds are sown usually by hand  Harvesting is done both manually and harvesting

13.  The Green Revolution refers to a series of research, and development, and technology transfer initiatives, occurring between the 1940s and the late 1960s, that increased agricultural production worldwide.technology transfer  Particularly in the developing countries

14. The introduction of high-yielding varieties of seeds and the increased use of chemical fertilizers and irrigation led to the increase in production needed to make India self-sufficient in food grains, thus improving agriculture in India. [1]high-yielding varieties of seedsfertilizers irrigationagriculture in India [1] The methods adopted included the use of high yielding varieties (HYV)of seeds along with the use of modern farming methods.

15.  What is plantation agriculture?  Who started plantation agriculture in India?

16.  Large estates.  Perennial cops are preferred over annual crops.  Work is carried out scientifically- skilled labor, machines, fertilizers pesticides.  Workers reside on the plantations

17.  The plantation has several departments like  administration  Storehouses  Processing units  Transport unit  This type of farming is scientific and mechanized and expensive

19.  FACTORS FAVOURING  Climate of Kerala is best for the growth of rubber.  High temperature  85- 90% of production from Kerala

20.  Temperature- 25- 35 C.  Rainfall- Heavy rainfall.  Soil- well drained deep soil.  Gently sloping land altitude above 6oo m.  Cheap and skilled labor.

28.  Temperature : 15 – 30 C  Soil: red soil  Altitude : 1,000 – 1200  Rainfall: 100- 250 cms

30.  Hill slopes  Well drained soil  Steady temperatures 25C  Rainfall more than 400 cms

34.  Kerala is known as the spice garden of India.  Pepper is the most important spice.

41.  Kerala is the largest producer of coconut.  Kerala means the land of coconut trees.  27 C – 32 C  Rainfall 200 cms

44.  Girangaon (Marathi: गिरणगाव, literally "mill village") was a name commonly used to refer to an area now part of central Mumbai, India, which at one time had almost 130 textile mills, with the majority being cotton mills.MarathiMumbaiIndiacotton mills  These mills contributed significantly to the prosperity and growth of Mumbai during the later nineteenth century and for the transformation of Mumbai into a major industrial metropolis.

45.  It covered an area of 600 acres (2.4 km 2 )  The mill workers lived in a community, and they fostered a unique culture which shaped Mumbai at the turn of the twentieth century.  This textile industry flourished until the early 1980s, after which most of the mills were shut down, as the owners deemed them unprofitable and declared they were incapable of paying their workers' wages.

46.  Black soil- peninsula part of India which is used in cotton mills.

47.  Humid climate makes spinning much more easier- reduces breaking.

48.  Financial capital – Mumbai has excellent banking ad marketing

49.  Well connected by roads.  Cheap labor is available

50.  Hydro electric power stations.

51.  Cheap labor available

52.  Rents in Mumbai are very high  High wages of laborers  Outdated technology as affected production  Erratic power supply has affected working of mills.

53.  Increase in demand for other fibers.  Cotton mills set up in other parts have affected the supply of raw material to Mumbai mills.  Development of railways has promoted growth of industry in other parts

56.  Bengaluru is known as the "Silicon Valley of India" because of its role as the nation's leading information technology (IT) exporter.Silicon Valley of India  Indian technological organizations ISRO, Infosys and Wipro are headquartered in the city.ISRO InfosysWipro  A demographically diverse city, Bengaluru is the second-fastest growing major metropolis in India.  It is home to many educational and research institutions in India,

57.  Pleasant climate and is a cosmopolitan city which attracts a lot of outsiders

58.  It has easy access from any part of the country because it is well connected by roads and rail services

59.  It has a ever enlarging pool of technical and trained personnel

60.  It has many research and development centers.  It has an IT infrastructure to match the best in the world.  The state government policies are progressive and supporting industrial development.  It is a center for conference, workshop and exhibition that can match any best place across the world.