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Topic Cash crops
Asked 3 times across 3 UPSC exams over 3 years (2021–2024), peaking in 2024.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 3 PYQs
- First appeared in GEO 2021 — 3 years before CSE 2024 (allied exams preview CSE)
- Most asked in 2024
- Recurs across 3 years (2021–2024)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
GEO 2021 → NDA 2023 → CSE 2024
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 3) are since 2016.
Related concepts
Ideas UPSC tests alongside this one — keep exploring.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CSE2024
Which of the following countries are well known as the two largest cocoa producers in the world ?
- A Algeria and Morocco
- B Botswana and Namibia
- C Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana ✓
- D Madagascar and Mozambique
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Geography › World Regional Geography
NDA2023
Which one of the following soils is ideal for growing cotton ?
- A Regur soil ✓
- B Laterite soil
- C Desert soil
- D Mountainous soil
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Geography › Indian Economic Geography
GEO2021
'Zafran' is cultivated in which type of soil?
- A Black soil
- B Red soil
- C Karewa soil
- D Laterite soil
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Agriculture › Soils & Inputs
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