Question

The mean relative humidity in Haryana during rabi season is 80%.
a)True
b)False

Answer 1

Hint: In India, the agriculture crop year is marked from July to June. There are two main seasons in Indian cropping season. It is based on monsoon. They are the rabi season and the kharif season.

Complete Answer: The terms ‘kharif’ and ‘rabi’ have their origin in Arabic language where Kharif means autumn and Rabbi means spring. The two other countries that also used the term ‘kharif’ and ‘rabbi’ to describe their cropping patterns are Pakistan and Bangladesh. The examples of kharif crops are rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet/bajra, finger millet/ragi (cereals), arhar (pulses), soyabean, groundnut (oilseeds), cotton etc. The examples of rabi crops are wheat, barley, oats (cereals), chickpea/gram (pulses), linseed, mustard (oilseeds) etc.
Relative humidity means moisture content in the atmosphere i.e., the concentration of water vapor. It is expressed as the percentage of the quantity of moisture that can be retained by the atmosphere (moisture-holding capacity) at a given temperature and pressure without condensation.
The mean relative humidity in Haryana during rabi season is 60%.

Looking at the options given:
Option a: the given statement is not correct and hence cannot be true. This is an incorrect answer.
Option b: the given statement is not correct and hence is false. This is the correct answer.

Option ‘b’ is correct. The statement is false.

Note: The kharif cropping season starts from July and goes on till October. It is during the south-west monsoon. The rabbi cropping season starts from October and goes on till March. The crops grown between March and June are referred to as summer crops.