Which is not a plantation crop?

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Cotton

Tobacco

Tea

Rice

answer is D.

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Rice was not a plantation crop.
Plantation refers to the large farms that usually cultivate cash crops. The planters employ forced labour on the plantation. The cash crops include cotton, tobacco, tea, sugarcane, etc. The Company in India was concerned with expanding its revenue generation. For economic gains, the company opted for plantation crops. They forced the cultivators to grow crops
1)      Tea was introduced in the Assam region. It was in huge demand in the international market.
2)      Tobacco was also a cash crop encouraged by the company.
3)      Cotton was in huge demand in the British industries. The raw cotton was exported from India to Europe.
4)      Rice is a food crop that was primarily grown in Bengal and Madras.

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