AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE AND ITS TYPES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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wheat
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barley
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maize
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oilseed
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Detailed explanation-1: -Maize isn’t a rabi crop. It is a Kharif crop, i.e. they grow majorly in the high rainfall season.
Detailed explanation-2: -So above descriptions show that maize is not Rabi crop and other ones are Rabi crops. Hence D is the correct option.
Detailed explanation-3: -Maize is predominately a Kharif season crop but in past few year Rabi maize has gained a significant place in total maize production in India (Figure 4). Rabi maize is grown on an area of 1.2 million ha with the grain production of 5.08million tonnes, with an average productivity of 4.00tha-1 (DACNET, 2012).
Detailed explanation-4: -It is predominantly a Kharif crop with 85 percent of the area under cultivation during the season. Maize is the third most important cereal crop in India after rice and wheat.
Detailed explanation-5: -Barley and Mustard are not Kharif crops and Bajara, Maize, Rice, Jowar, Sugarcane, Groundnut are Kharif crops.