indian agriculture & animal husbandry section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Annual rainfall of 100 cm is the highest limit of wheat cultivation. Wheat producing area confine to sub-humid and semi-arial areas in India.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (c)

The Indian cropping season is classified into two main seasons-

1. Kharif and
2. Rabi based on the monsoon.

The Kharif cropping season is from July –October during the southwest monsoon and the Rabi cropping season is from October-March (winter).

The crops grown between March and June are summer crops. Pakistan and Bangladesh are two other countries that are using the term ‘Kharif' and ‘rabi’ to describe their cropping patterns. The terms ‘kharif’ and ‘rabi’ originate from the Arabic language where Kharif means autumn and Rabi means spring. The Kharif crops include rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet/Bajra, finger millet/Ragi (cereals), arhar (pulses), soyabean, groundnut (oilseeds), cotton etc.

The Rabi crops include wheat, barley, oats (cereals), chickpea/gram (pulses), linseed, mustard (oilseeds) etc.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

Answer: (a)

Gujarat is the leading cotton growing state while Maharashtra devotes the largest area to cotton cultivation in the country. With an estimated 4 million farms, India has the largest area devoted to cotton production in the world.