Which soils are ideal for cotton cultivation?

1. Deltaic alluvial soils of West Bengal.
2. Black soils of the Deccan and Malwa Plateaus
3. Alluvial Soils of the Coastal regions.
4. All of the above.

Assertion (A): The cotton crop is harvested in three to four pickings as the bolls mature.

Reason (R): Yield of cotton decreases with successive pickings.

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.

More than 50% of the area under cultivation is in which of the following states?

1. Gujarat and Maharashtra
2. Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
3. Karnataka
4. All of them.

Name the process by which cotton fibre is separated from the seeds …………… .

1. ginning
2. spinning
3. pruning
4. deseeding