Question

Choose the correctly matched pair about the major crops of India from the following options: a) Millets- North eastern part of the country b) Wheat- North western part of the country c) Pulses- South western part of the country d) Rice- South eastern part of the country
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Answer 1

Answer:

d

Explanation:

d) rice-south eastern part of the country

Answer 2

" Option D) Rice - South eastern part of the country ".

Explanation:

The major crops grown of India are rice, wheat, millets, pulses, tea, coffee, sugarcane, oil seeds, cotton and jute, etc. of tubewells  and canal irrigation have made it possible to grow rice in areas of less rainfall such as Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh and parts of Rajasthan.

The most cultivated crop in India is rice. India is the world's second-largest producer of rice, behind China.

Major Crops are,

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

• Wheat - It requires 50 cm to 75 cm of annual rainfall in country.

• Millets -Jowar, bajra and ragi are the important millets grown in India.

• Maize. It is a Kharif crop and requires a temperature between 21°C to 27°C

• Pulses.

India is geographically a wide country so it has various food and non-food crops which are cultivated in three main cropping seasons which are rabi, kharif and zaid.

Food crops- Rice, Wheat, Millets, Maize and Pulses. Cash crops- Sugarcane, Oilseeds, Horticulture crops, Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Cotton and Jute.