…………… are cuttings taken from old plants and planted to grow new canes.

1. Setts
2. Retts
3. Ratoons
4. Batoons

What is the successive crop obtained from the roots of the leftover sugarcane crop called?

1. Ratoon
2. Stalk
3. Stem
4. Cane

Assertion (A): Sugarcane grows well in tropical regions with rainfall well distributed throughout the year.

Reason (R): The sucrose content decreases if heavy rains continue for long and a rainfall deficiency produces a fibrous crop.

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
2. Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
3. A is true but R is false.
4. A is false but R is true.

The yield from each successive ratoon crop is …………… than the previous one.

1. better
2. higher
3. lesser
4. same