Cropping Pattern
Cropping Pattern: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Cropping Seasons, Major Crops of India, Wheat, Rice, Pulses, Millets, Maize, Oil Seeds, Sugarcane, Tea, Coffee, Horticulture Crops, Cotton, Rubber & Jute etc.
Important Questions on Cropping Pattern
Write a note on horticultural crops of India.
What are the different cropping seasons / patterns in India?
Crops harvested in September-October are from the _____ season.
Rabi crops are sown in the monsoons and Kharif crops are sown in the summers.
In which months are the Kharif crops harvested?
The rearing of silkworms for the production of silk fibre is known as _____. (Monoculture/Sericulture/Viticulture)
India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world.
Coffee cultivation is confined to the Nilgiri Hills in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Different oil seeds are grown covering approximately of the total cropped area of the country.
As of India is the _____ (second/fifth) largest producer of sugarcane.
Which of the following pulses are harvested in the kharif season?
Pulses help in restoring soil fertility by fixing nitrogen from the air.
As of , _____ is the largest producer as well as the consumer of pulses in the world.
There are two important wheat-growing zones in the country, the Ganga-Satluj plains and black soil region of the Deccan.
Wheat is a _____ crop. (Rabi/Zaid/Kharif)
As of , which country is the largest producer of rice in the world?
Which of the following is not a Kharif Crop?
India has three cropping seasons rabi, kharif and zaid.
Jute grows well on well-drained fertile soils.
Sugarcane grows well in _____ and humid climates. (cold/hot/dry)
