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Consider the given four statements and choose the correct answer: (1) Jute is used for making decorative items. (2) Sugarcane is a cereal crop. (3) Cotton requires a clear sky during the flowering stage. (4) Sugarcane is a crop of temperate areas. Choose the correct answer:

HPPSC · 2021 · GS1
Question:
Consider the given four statements and choose the correct answer: (1) Jute is used for making decorative items. (2) Sugarcane is a cereal crop. (3) Cotton requires a clear sky during the flowering stage. (4) Sugarcane is a crop of temperate areas. Choose the correct answer:

Options

(1) 3 and 4
(2) 1 and 3
(3) 2 and 4
(4) 2 and 3
Answer: (2) 1 and 3

Explanation:
Statement 1 is correct: Jute is used for making a wide range of decorative items (bags, mats, wall hangings, carpets) apart from its traditional use in gunny bags and packaging. Statement 2 is incorrect: Sugarcane is NOT a cereal crop — it is a cash crop (commercial crop). Cereal crops include wheat, rice, maize, barley, and millet. Statement 3 is correct: Cotton requires a clear, sunny, cloudless sky during the flowering and boll-opening stage — excessive rainfall or cloudy weather during this period damages the cotton crop and reduces quality. Statement 4 is incorrect: Sugarcane is predominantly a tropical and subtropical crop, NOT a temperate crop — it requires high temperatures (21–27°C), ample rainfall, and a frost-free climate. Hence statements 1 and 3 are correct.

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