Question

The ‘Mahawat’ or local winter rainfall is significant for ____________.
A. Kharif crop
B. Rabi Crop
C. Mango cultivation
D. Zaid crop

Answer 1

Hint
1. The term is derived from the Arabic word for "spring," which is used in the Indian subcontinent, where the spring harvest (also known as the "winter crop") is the spring harvest.
2. This area of low pressure originates over the Mediterranean Sea and Western Asia and passes along with the western flow into India.

Complete solution step by step
What?
1. Mahawat receives winter rainfall over the northern areas due to inflow of cyclonic disturbances from the west and the north-west.
2. This area of low pressure originates over the Mediterranean Sea and Western Asia and passes along with the western flow into India.

Rabi crops
1. Rabi crops are agricultural crops which are sown in winter and harvested in South Asia in the spring.
2. After the monsoon rains are over, the rabi crops are sown about mid-November and harvesting starts in April / May. The crops are grown either with or with irrigation of rainwater that has percolated into the field.
3. It is also known as winter season crops.
4. These crops need cold weather for growth.
5. These crops need less water too.

Time period – Down: October-December
                           Harvested: April-June
Crops- Wheat, barley, peas, mustard, gram, Cereals, beans, barley, pulses, oilseeds, linseeds, etc.
States - Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh

Kharif Crops
1. July – October
2. Harvest – September to October
3. Also known as Monsoon Crops
4. Such crops require a lot of water
Example: rice, sorghum, maize, tea, rubber, coffee, guar, Sesame, cereals such as Arhar Dhal, pearl millet, soybeans, cotton, oilseeds, etc.

Zaid Crops-
1. Sowing between March and June (between Kharif and Rabi).
2.For development, it needs warm & dry weather and a longer day for flowering.
4. Example: Seasonal fruits and vegetables.

Mango cultivation – Mango showers are the pre-monsoon showers that assist in the maturation of mangoes in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, Konkan and Goa. It is also known as rain or summer showers in April.

B. Rabi crop is the correct answer.

Note Two-thirds of the population of India were active in agricultural activities. It is a primary operation that produces food grains for industries and raw materials. India is a wide country geographically, so it has different food and non-food crops grown in three main cropping seasons, rabi, kharif and zaid.