Cropping Seasons


 
 
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Cropping Seasons

Cropping Seasons:

The physical diversities and plurality of culture in India are also reflected in agriculture practices and cropping patterns in the country. Various types of food and fibre crops, vegetables and fruits, spices and condiments, etc. constitute some of the important cropping seasons- Rabi, kharif and Zaid.

Rabi crops:

  • 1. Rabi crops are sown in winter from October to December and harvested in summer from April to June.
  • 2. Some of the important rabbi crops are wheat, barley, peas, gram and mustard.
  • 3.These crops are grown in large parts on India, states from the north and north- western parts such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh are important for the production of wheat and other rabi crops.
  • 4. Availability of precipitation during winter months due to the western temperate cyclones helps in the success of these crops.
  • Kharif crops:

  • 1. Kharif crops are grown with the onset/beginning of monsoon in different parts of the country and these are harvested in September- October.
  • 2. Important crops grown during this season are paddy, maize, jower tur (arhar) , moong, urad, cotton, jute, groundnut and soyabean.
  • 3. Some of the most important growing regions are Assam, west Bengal, coastal regions of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, kerala and Maharashtra, particularly the ( konkan coast) along with Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
  • 4. Paddy has also become an important crop of Punjab and Haryana.
  • Zaid Season :  In between the rabbi and the kharif seasons, there is a short season  known as the Zaid season,Mainly March to June,  some of the crops produced during ‘zaid’ are water melon, muskmelon, cucumber, vegetables and fodder crops.

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    Question : 1

    Which crop is grown during the zaid season in India?  

    Right Option : A
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    Question : 2

    Select from the following ,a set of Kharif crops only .

    Right Option : C
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    Question : 3

    Match the following. Column I contains name of crops and Column II with their relevant statements:

    Crops Statement
    (1) Rabi (a) Harvested from September to October
    (2) Kharif (b)Sown from October to December
    (3) Zaid (c) From March to June
    Right Option : B
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