India lost a large proportion of ______ growing area to Pakistan during partition.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. cotton.
- India lost a large proportion of cotton growing area to Pakistan during partition.
- Now, Cotton occupies about 4.7 per cent of the total cropped area in the country.
- There are three cotton-growing areas in India – (1) parts of Punjab, Haryana and northern Rajasthan in the north-west, (2) Gujarat and Maharashtra in the west and (3) plateaus of Telengana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in the south.