Give a geographical reason for each of the following:

(i) Scanty rain leads to lower sugar output.

(ii) India's troubled sugar crop would lead to increase in global price.

(iii) Sericulture flourishes in Karnataka.

Give three important reasons which have made Maharashtra the leading producer of sugar in India.

Why have Mumbai and Ahmedabad emerged as the important cotton manufacturing centres?

State any three problems faced by the cotton industry in India.