Question

Name different types of rice which are grown on the basis of weather in India?

Answer 1

Answer:

Major crops grown in India are rice,wheat,millets,pulses,tea,coffee,

sugarcane,oil seeds,cotton and jute etc.

Answer 2

Three different types of rice are grown on the basis of weather in India - ‘Pre Kharif, Kharif and Rabi rice’.

Explanation:

• There are three types of rice grown in India according to weather and altitude. The year begins with the autumn rice known as the Pre-Kharif rice.

• It has various local names such as 'Aus' in ‘West Bengal’, 'Bhadai' in Bihar, ‘Ahu' in Assam, 'Beali' in ‘Orissa’ and 'Virippu' in Kerala.

• The ‘Winter Rice’ is known as the rice of Kharif. It is called 'Aman' in ‘West Bengal’, 'Agahani' in Bihar, ‘Sarrad' in Orissa, 'Sali' in Assam and 'Uttar Pradesh, 'Mundakan' in Kerala, ‘Samba / Thaladi' in Tamil Nadu, and 'Sarava' in Andhra Pradesh.

• This season, yields the maximum harvest around 84 percent.

• The last is the Summer Rice known as Rabi rice. In ‘Assam and West Bengal’ it is known as 'Boro,' 'Dalua' in Orissa, 'Punja' in Kerala, 'Dalwa' in ‘Andhra Pradesh’ and 'Garma' in Bihar and 'Navarai' in ‘Tamil Nadu’.