Question

Groundnut is a cash crop but whereas wheat is a food crop.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was addressed to me in a national level competition.

This key question is from Method of Pricing Irrigation topic in division Irrigation Revenue Rates of Irrigation Engineering

Answer 1

The correct choice is (a) True

The explanation is: According to the pricing of irrigation water groundnut is priced four times the wheat crop even though groundnut uses only one-third of water used by wheat. But groundnut is priced more because the reason is that groundnut has a higher earning capacity compared to wheat. So, therefore from this we can say that groundnut is a cash crop and wheat is a food crop.