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Major Agriculture Regions (Randhawa) wheat
NCERT-aligned UPSC Core Geography topic from NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar). Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: Agriculture Regions.
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106QUESTIONS
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Key locations covered (18)
- Temperate Himalayan Region — J&K / HP / Uttarakhand / Sikkim / NE hills
- Northern Dry Region — Western Rajasthan / SW Punjab / SW Haryana
- Eastern Wet Region — WB / Bihar / Eastern UP / Odisha / Assam
- Western Wet or Coastal Region — Konkan / Goa / Coastal Karnataka / Kerala
- Southern Coarse Grain Region — Karnataka / TN interior / Telangana / Rayalaseema
- Wheat, Maize, Cotton, Mustard, Rice, Sugarcane Region — Punjab / Haryana / Western UP / N.MP
- Eastern India Rice Subregion — WB / Bihar / Odisha / Assam
- Deltaic Rice Subregion — Krishna-Godavari / Kaveri / Mahanadi deltas
- Kerala Rice (Kuttanad) Subregion — Kerala
- NW Wheat Subregion — Punjab / Haryana / Western UP
- Deccan Millet Subregion — Maharashtra / N.Karnataka / interior AP
- Rajasthan Millet Subregion — Western Rajasthan
- NE Plantation Subregion — Assam / NE hills
- Western Ghats Plantation Subregion — Karnataka / Kerala / TN hills
- South Plantation (Nilgiris) Subregion — Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris) / Kerala / S.Karnataka
- Cotton-Jowar Subregion — Maharashtra / N.Karnataka
- Peri-Urban Fruit-Vegetable Subregion — Around metros (Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata)
- Kashmir-HP-Uttarakhand Fruit Subregion — J&K / HP / Uttarakhand
Sample questions (12 of 106)
Whose classification of major agriculture regions does the atlas use?
M.S. Randhawa's classification (6 regions)
Dominant crops of the Temperate Himalayan agriculture region?
Apple, pear, potato, maize, rice (on terraces), tea (Darjeeling/Assam hills)
Distinctive cash crop of Kashmir Valley?
Saffron and apple
States in Randhawa's Temperate Himalayan region?
J&K, HP, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and NE hills
Characteristic crops of Temperate Himalayan region?
Apple, stone fruits, saffron, maize, rice, walnut
Rainfall pattern in Temperate Himalayan region?
Highly variable (snow in winters, monsoon in summer)
Which fruit is the leading commercial crop of this region?
Apple (HP, J&K, UK)
Saffron cultivation centre in this region?
Pampore (Kashmir)
Which traditional cultivation type is practised in NE hills?
Jhum (shifting cultivation)
Dominant soils in Temperate Himalayan region?
Brown forest and mountain meadow soils
Major commercial spice grown in Sikkim?
Large cardamom
Crops grown in the Northern Dry agriculture region?
Bajra, jowar, gram, mustard, guar; limited wheat under irrigation
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT UPSC Core Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar), drawn from the chapter Agriculture Regions. Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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