Which of the following is NOT a cotton growing region?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → West Bengal and Assam
Cotton is grown in semi-arid areas in the kharif season, and it needs a clear sky when it flowers.
Option (1) Parts of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan — A cotton growing region. This is the north-western cotton region (Punjab, Haryana and northern Rajasthan).
Option (2) Gujarat and Maharashtra — A cotton growing region. This is the western cotton region.
Option (3) Plateaus of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu — A cotton growing region. This is the southern cotton region.
Option (4) West Bengal and Assam — Not a cotton growing region. These eastern states get heavy rain and are not semi-arid, so they are not among the three cotton growing areas.
NCERT (2026-27): “Cotton … Cotton is a tropical crop grown in kharif season in semi-arid areas of the country.” “India ranks second in the world in the production of cotton after China. Cotton occupies about 4.7 per cent of total cropped area in the country. There are three cotton growing areas, i.e. parts of Punjab, Haryana and northern Rajasthan in north-west, Gujarat and Maharashtra in the west and plateaus of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in south.” |