Which of the following is NOT true about Plantation Agriculture?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The French established cocoa and coffee plantations in South America.
Option (1) The French established cocoa and coffee plantations in South America. — False. The French set up their cocoa and coffee plantations in west Africa.
Option (2) Single crop specialisation. — True. It is one of the characteristic features of plantations, along with large estates and large capital investment.
Option (3) Important plantation crops are tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber etc. — True. These are the main plantation crops; cotton, oil palm, sugarcane, bananas and pineapples are also grown on plantations.
Option (4) The British set up large tea gardens in India and Sri Lanka. — True. This is how the colonial powers spread plantations in the tropics.
NTA gave the French cocoa and coffee a quick flight from west Africa to South America, and a true line turned false. Check the place as carefully as the crop.
NCERT (2025-26): “Plantation Agriculture … Plantation agriculture as mentioned above was introduced by the Europeans in colonies situated in the tropics. Some of the important plantation crops are tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber, cotton, oil palm, sugarcane, bananas and pineapples. The characteristic features of this type of farming are large estates or plantations, large capital investment, managerial and technical support, scientific methods of cultivation, single crop specialisation, cheap labour, and a good system of transportation which links the estates to the factories and markets for the export of the products. The French established cocoa and coffee plantations in west Africa. The British set up large tea gardens in India and Sri Lanka, rubber plantations in Malaysia and sugarcane and banana plantations in West Indies.…” |