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UPSC 2002: With reference to Indian agriculture, which one of the following statements is correct?
(a)About 90 per cent of the area under pulses in India is rainfed.
(b)The share of pulses in the gross cropped area at the national level has double in the last two decades
(c)India accounts for about 15 per cent of the total area under rice in the world
(d)Rice occupies about 34 per cent of the gross cropped area of India
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (a) About 90 per cent of the area under pulses in India is rainfed.
Roughly 85–90 % of India’s pulse area is rain-fed, so option (a) is correct. The share of pulses in gross-cropped area has remained almost stagnant, not doubled; India has ~28 % of the world’s rice area (not 15 %); and rice covers about 22–25 % (not 34 %) of India’s gross-cropped area, so options (b), (c) and (d) are wrong. ([scribd.com](https://www.scribd.com/document/819879928/2002-QP-AW))
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The correct answer is option (a): About 90 per cent of the area under pulses in India is rainfed.. Watch the detailed video explanation in our Sherlocking Prelims course on UnlockIAS.
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2002, GS Paper 1, as Question 29. It falls under Indian Economy > Agriculture & Rural Development.
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