Consider the following pairs : Region : Well-known for the production of 1. Kinnaur : Areca nut 2. Mewat : Mango 3. Coromandel : Soya bean Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
- (a) 1 and 2 only
- (b) 3 only
- (c) 1, 2 and 3
- (d) None ✓ UPSC's answer
Why the answer is (d)
• Kinnaur (Himachal) is known for apples and chilgoza pine nuts, not areca nut, a coastal Karnataka–Kerala crop (pair 1 wrong).
• Mewat (Haryana) is a dry region growing wheat and mustard, not mango — famous mango belts are Malihabad and Ratnagiri (pair 2 wrong).
• The Coromandel Coast grows rice, not soybean, which is a Madhya Pradesh–Maharashtra crop (pair 3 wrong).
• Hence none, option (d).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1 and 2 only
- Pairs 1 and 2 are wrong.
- (b) 3 only
- Pair 3 is wrong: soybean is not a Coromandel crop.
- (c) 1, 2 and 3
- All three pairs are wrong.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2014, held on 24 August 2014. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.