Read the following statements about tea Crop in India carefully.
A. Tea is a plantation crop
B. Tea leaves have rich content of caffeine and tannin
C. Tea is an indigenous crop of India
D. It is grown over undulating topography of hilly area
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) Tea is a plantation crop — Correct. Tea is a plantation crop, used as a beverage.
(B) Tea leaves have rich content of caffeine and tannin — Correct. Tea leaves are rich in caffeine and tannin.
(C) Tea is an indigenous crop of India — Incorrect. Tea is an indigenous crop of the hills of northern China. In India its plantation started only in the 1840s, in the Brahmaputra valley of Assam. NTA changed the place in the book line (hills in northern China became India), and a true line became false. Read every word before you mark the answer.
(D) It is grown over undulating topography of hilly area — Correct. Tea grows on undulating hilly land with well-drained soils, in humid and sub-humid tropics and sub-tropics.
NCERT (2026-27): “Tea … Tea is a plantation crop used as beverage. Black tea leaves are fermented whereas green tea leaves are unfermented. Tea leaves have rich content of caffeine and tannin. It is an indigenous crop of hills in northern China. It is grown over undulating topography of hilly areas and well-drained soils in humid and sub-humid tropics and sub-tropics.” |