What can be called a cash crop?

Correct answer: Crop grown for market sale

The direct answer is A: a crop grown for market sale can be called a cash crop. A cash crop is produced mainly to earn money rather than mainly to feed the farmer’s household. The reasoning is: the farmer selects a crop; the crop is cultivated; it is taken to buyers or a market; the sale produces cash income; therefore it is a cash crop in this context. Option A is correct because it states the defining purpose, market sale. Option B is wrong because growing a crop merely to look at it does not describe income-producing farming. Option C is wrong because a crop without use would not be a meaningful agricultural product or cash earner. Option D is wrong because “paper crop” is not a standard crop category; paper may be manufactured from plant materials, but that phrase does not define cash crop here. Cotton and sugarcane are common examples, though whether a crop is treated as cash or food can depend on its intended use and local conditions. Memory cue: cash crop means “crop for cash”; look for sale and income.