Arrange the following millet crops in increasing order of acreage under each:
(A) Finger millet
(B) Pearl millet
(C) Little millet
(D) Kodo millet
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct option is B

The correct answer is (B) (C), (D), (A), (B)

Explanation:
• In India, Pearl Millet (Bajra) has the highest acreage among all millets.
• Finger Millet (Ragi) follows Bajra in terms of significant production and area.
• Minor millets like Kodo millet and Little millet have much smaller, localized areas of cultivation.
• Little millet (Panicum sumatrense) typically has lower acreage compared to Kodo millet in recent national statistics.
• Therefore, the increasing order (Smallest to Largest) is Little Millet < Kodo Millet < Finger Millet < Pearl Millet.

Information Booster:
• Pearl Millet (Bajra) accounts for roughly 60% of the total millet production in India.
• Rajasthan is the leading state in terms of area for Pearl Millet.
• 2023 was celebrated as the International Year of Millets (IYM) to promote these crops.

Additional Knowledge:
• Option A is wrong because B (Pearl millet) is the largest and should be at the end of the sequence.
• Option C is wrong because it starts with Pearl millet as the smallest.