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Prelims 2019 · Agriculture · Question 61

Which one of the following groups of plants was domesticated in the 'New World' and introduced into the 'Old World'?

  1. Tobacco, cocoa and rubber
  2. Tobacco, cotton and rubber
  3. Cotton, coffee and sugarcane
  4. Rubber, coffee and wheat

Answer

Tobacco, cocoa and rubber

  • (a) Tobacco, cocoa and rubber — All three are native to the New World (Americas) and were later introduced to the Old World after Columbian exchange. Verdict: Correct.
  • (b) Tobacco, cotton and rubber — Tobacco and rubber are New World crops, but cotton was domesticated in both Old and New Worlds; as a general crop it is not exclusively a New World introduction. Verdict: Incorrect.
  • (c) Cotton, coffee and sugarcane — Coffee originated in Ethiopia (Old World) and sugarcane in South/Southeast Asia (Old World). Verdict: Incorrect.
  • (d) Rubber, coffee and wheat — Rubber is New World, but coffee is Old World and wheat was domesticated in West Asia/Fertile Crescent. Verdict: Incorrect.
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