Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

Tea: Grows in tropical and sub-tropical climates with deep, fertile, well-drained humus-rich soil. Requires warm, moist, frost-free climate throughout the year with evenly distributed rainfall for continuous leaf growth. Grown widely in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and several other states.

Coffee: The Arabica variety requires specific hill conditions. Its cultivation is confined only to the Nilgiris in Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu — the same hills where it was originally introduced on Baba Budan Hills.

Why coffee is more restricted: Coffee requires very specific highland/hill conditions suited to a limited region of southern India, whereas tea can thrive across a wider range of tropical and sub-tropical zones in both north and south India.

Source: Major Crops, Chapter 4

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• The passage gives detailed conditions for tea but very little for coffee — examiners expect you to use what is given; do not fabricate conditions for coffee.
• Key contrast: tea grows in multiple states across north-east and south; coffee is explicitly stated to be "confined to the Nilgiri in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu."
• Mention the Arabica variety and Baba Budan Hills origin for full credit on coffee.
• Keep the comparison parallel and concise — this is only 3 marks.