Agricultural Practices in India

This is the correct answer. Cucumber is a zaid crop.

This is correct. In Assam, West Bengal and Orissa, three crops of paddy are grown in a year. The three crops are called as aus, aman and boro.

Barley is a rabi crop.

India is the second largest producer of rice in the world after China.

This is incorrect as they can grow in a variety of soil types such as sandy, loamy and red soils.

This is the correct answer as this statement is correct. It is a slash and burn type of subsistence farming.

This is the correct answer. Major maize-producing states are Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. It is grown as a rabi crop in Bihar. It is also used as both food and fodder.

Toor or arhar is non-leguminous and does not help in nitrogen fixation in the soil.

This is the correct answer as coffee is grown in the Nilgiri in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

This is the correct answer as flax is not grown in India.

This is the correct answer as India is the largest producer of oilseeds, pulses and horticulture crops such as fruits and vegetables in the world.

Castor seed is grown both as a rabi and a kharif crop.

Mustard is an oilseed crop, not a cereal or grain crop. Rice, maize, and oat are all cereal grains (cereals belong to the grass family Poaceae), while mustard belongs to the Brassicaceae family and is cultivated for its seeds used in oil production.

Wheat is not a transplantation crop. It is a crop that is sown directly by broadcasting seeds or drilling. Tea, coffee, and coconut are transplantation crops where seedlings are first raised in nurseries and then transplanted to the main field.

Intercropping is the practice of growing two or more crops simultaneously in distinct rows on the same field. Mixed cropping involves growing crops together without arranging them in rows, while crop rotation involves growing crops sequentially in different seasons.