Agricultural Practices in India

Some of the crops are grown in the winter season, they are called as the rabi crops. Seeds of these crops are sown in the beginning of the winter season. After maturation of crops, they are harvested at the end of the winter season. For example, gram, pea, wheat etc.

Rice is the most important human food crop in the world as it is directly feeding more people than any other crop. It is also the staple food across Asia, where around half of the world's poorest people live and is becoming increasingly important in Africa and Latin America. Rice has also fed more people over a longer time than has any other crop. It is spectacularly diverse, both in the way it is grown and how it is used by humans. Rice is unique because it can grow in wet environments that other crops cannot survive in. Such, wet environments are abundant across Asia. So, rice is the main crop of Asia. 

Rice is a Kharif crop. It covers one-third of the total cultivated area of India. It provides food to more than half of the Indian population. Rice is produced in almost all states. Top three producer states are West Bengal, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Other rice growing states include Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Assam and Maharashtra. It is also grown in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Gujarat and Kashmir valley. So, it is the principle cereal crop in India compared to wheat, maize and sorghum. Thus, option B is correct.

Apiculture deals with the rearing of honeybees.

Any crop that can be grown between October and March or during winter seasons are called as Rabi crop such as wheat, cotton, maize etc., as they do not require more water to grow. Whereas crops that grow during the rainy season are called as Kharif crop such as paddy as they require more water to grow. Thus, the correct answer option A.

Dryland farmed crops may include winter wheat, corn, beans, sunflowers or even watermelon. 

The cropping season is categorized into two main types namely Kharif and rabi on the basis of monsoon. The Kharif cropping season is generally from June to September though it varies in every state of the country. These crops are typically sown in June, during the initial period of monsoon and harvested by September. Hence, Kharif crops are also called monsoon crops. The Kharif crops include rice, maize, bajra, ragi, soybean, groundnut, cotton etc. 

• Hence Crop that requires dry and cold environment is Rabi.
• So, the correct answer is 'Rabi'.

Wheat is the dominant crop in temperate countries. It is used for human food and livestock feed. Its success depends partly on its adaptability and high yield potential but also on the gluten protein fraction, which allows dough to be processed into bread, pasta, noodles, and other food products. It also contributes essential amino acids, minerals, and vitamins, and beneficial phytochemicals and dietary fiber components to the human diet, and these are particularly enriched in whole-grain products.

The Scientific name of the wheat is Triticum spp. It is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East but now cultivated worldwide. In 2013, world production of wheat was 713 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize (1,016 million tons) and rice (745 million tons). It is an important cereal to temperate areas where it can grow in high temperature compared to maize, barley and rice. Thus, the correct answer is option A.

The crops that are sown in the rainy season are called Kharif crops (also known as the summer or monsoon crop) in India. Kharif crops are usually sown with the beginning of the first rains in July, during the southwest monsoon season. The main monsoon season in India runs from June to September. The Kharif crops include rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet/bajra, finger millet/ragi (cereals), arhar (pulses), soybean, groundnut (oilseeds), cotton etc. 

Kharif (Autumn) crops are the crops which are cultivated from the month of June to October. These include crops like Rice, Bajra, Soyabean, Maize, Tur, Urad, Cotton and Sugarcane. Therefore the correct answer is  'Rice'. 

The crops that are sown in the rainy season are called Kharif crops (also known as the summer or monsoon crop) in India. Kharif crops are usually sown with the beginning of the first rains in July, during the southwest monsoon season. The Kharif crops include rice or paddy, maize, sorghum, pearl millet/bajra, finger millet/ragi (cereals), arhar (pulses), soybean, groundnut (oilseeds), cotton etc. Since paddy needs a lot of water for its growth, it is grown and cultivated in the rainy season. 

A paddy field is a flooded land used for growing semiaquatic rice. The paddy crop requires constant watering of agricultural fields for the first few weeks.