Which of the following cities is known as the 'Cashew Capital of the World'?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Kollam
Kollam in Kerala is known as the ‘Cashew Capital of the World’. It has hundreds of cashew-processing factories, which import raw nuts as well as buy them from Kerala’s laterite belt, and then roast, shell, grade and export the kernels. The trade gives work to a very large number of people, most of them women.