Out of the following which is the largest exporter of cotton textile in the world?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → India
Note: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. However, the answer given by NTA appears to be incorrect: in world trade figures China, not India, is the largest exporter of cotton textiles, so Option (2) is the correct answer, as explained below. The trade figures vote for China; the answer key voted for India.
Option (4) India — Correct as per NTA; however, India is not the largest exporter. India is one of the two largest producers of cotton (with China) and a leading exporter of cotton yarn, but its exports of cotton textiles as a whole are well below China’s.
Option (2) China — Should have been correct. China is the largest exporter of textiles in the world, and it also leads in cotton textiles taken as a whole (cotton yarn, fabric and made-ups together), with India behind it.