(i) (a) India became the biggest producer and exporter of tea and rubber both the crops are grown for commercial purposes. (b) Indian agriculturists now raise as many crops as possible during the year with the aid of artificial irrigation, fertilizers, improved seeds, hybrid varieties and improved implements. (ii) Yield of Indian Agriculture is low as compared to world standards because: (a) Dependence on rainfall due to poor irrigation facilities. (b) Using of poor quality of seeds and lack of scientific approach. (iii) Two characteristics of plantation agriculture are: (a) Plantation crops are grown on large farms which are modem, scientific and self-contained units. (b) Only one crop is grown on a large scale. (iv) Consolidation provides a bigger sized compact area for cultivation to the individual farmers and the co-operative farming makes use of this bigger area for cultivation. Under this method several farmers, while retaining their ownership of land and managing it individually adopt the principle of cooperation for non-farm operations like marketing their produce, processing of agricultural products, obtaining inputs of agriculture like seeds, fertilizers and tools, etc.