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_______ is a crop which is used both as a food crop and fodder.

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  1. Bajra

  2. Maize

  3. Wheat

  4. Alfalfa

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Maize is a crop which is used both as a food crop and fodder crop.
It is a kharif crop that requires temperature between 21°C to 27°C and grows well in old alluvial soil. In some states like Bihar maize is grown in rabi season also. The use of modern inputs such as HYV seeds, fertilizers and irrigation has contributed to the increasing production of maize. Major maize-producing states are Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. 

What is the other name of operation flood?

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  1. Cream revolution

  2. Blue revolution

  3. White revolution

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Operation Flood was started by Dr. Verghese Kurien in India, to increase milk production and milk products in a large scale. This is also known as white revolution.

Agriculture, where a single crop is grown on large area

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  1. Fodder products

  2. Green plants

  3. Plantation agriculture

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  1. Plantation crops are grown on large lands
  2. Mono cropping or single crop is grown on larger areas.
  3. Plantation crops are commercially viable crops

The powder of the seed of which tree is used for controlling diabetes?

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  1. Sarpagandha

  2. Neem

  3. Jamun

  4. Arjun

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Correct Option: C

Which one of the following countries is the largest producer of rice in the world?

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  1. China

  2. Japan

  3. Philippines

  4. Bangladesh

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

China producers the world's largest amount of rice. Rice production needs an intensive labour. Rice plant is grown in wet lands. It is llanted in february to april and harvested in june july. It contributes to the 34% in total rice output.

The largest irrigation area in India is occupied by

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  1. cotton

  2. rice

  3. wheat

  4. sugarcane

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
With the increasing rice consuption, there is also an increase in cultivation. Rice production has been increased greatly since 1960s. In irrigation rice is the dominant crop. It occupies approximately 30% of the irrigation area. Rice plant grows in the abundant water environment.

IR 20 and Ratna are two important varieties of __________.

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  1. Paddy

  2. Jowar

  3. Bajra

  4. Wheat

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Paddy, also called rice paddy, small, level, flooded field used to cultivate rice in southern and eastern Asia. Wet-rice cultivation is the most prevalent method of farming in the Far East, where it utilizes a small fraction of the total land yet feeds the majority of the rural population.

Fill in the blanks
'Sorghum vulgare' is the scientific name of __________.

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  1. Wheat

  2. Ragi

  3. Jowar

  4. Bajra

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Sorghum vulgare' is the scientific name of Jowar

Which one of the following is not a crop season?

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  1. Kharif

  2. Rabi

  3. Zaid

  4. Spring

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Indian cropping season is classified into two main seasons- (i) Kharif and (ii) Rabi based on the monsoon. The kharif cropping season is from July –October during the south-west monsoon and the Rabi cropping season is from October-March (winter).

There is a short season between Kharif and Rabi season in the months of March to July. The crops that grow in this season are Zaid crops. These crops are grown on irrigated lands and do not have to wait for monsoons. 

Pulses like black gram, green gram and oil seeds are mostly grown during the ___ season.

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  1. kharif

  2. rabi

  3. jade

  4. winter

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

These are all kharif crops. Khrif season is also known as south west monsoon season. These are grown in monsoon and harvest in september- october. More important kharif crops are bajra, maize, paddy etc.