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Topic Plantation crops
Asked 3 times across 3 UPSC exams over 4 years (2021–2025), peaking in 2022.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 3 PYQs
- First appeared in CDS 2021 — 1 years before CSE 2022 (allied exams preview CSE)
- Most asked in 2022
- Recurs across 3 years (2021–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2021 → CSE 2022 → GEO 2025
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.
GEO2025
The cultivation of which one of the following crops was introduced in the Baba Budan Hills?
- A Tea
- B Coffee ✓
- C Apple
- D Pineapple
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Geography › Indian Economic Geography
CSE2022
Consider the following States
- Andhra Pradesh
- Kerala
- Himachal Pradesh
- Tripura
How many of the above are generally known as tea-producing States?
- A Only one State
- B Only two States
- C Only three States
- D All four States ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Agriculture › Crops & Cropping Systems
CDS2021
Arabica, Robusta and Liberica are varieties of
- A Coffee ✓
- B Tea
- C Sugarcane
- D Cotton
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Agriculture › Crops & Cropping Systems
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