Question

Which crop is cultivated three times in a year at Thanjavur delta?
A. Wheat
B. Rice
C. Sugarcane
D. Groundnut

Answer 1

Hint: Thanjavur is a city in the state of Tamil Nadu. The city is an important agricultural center that is located in the Cauvery Delta which helps crops to grow due to the ample amount of water.

Complete step-by-step solution:
Thanjavur is very famous as the ‘Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu’. The delta rice crop is cultivated in Thanjavur three times a year. The location of the city, which is in the Cauvery delta, facilitates the growth of paddy. This famous Thanjavur rice is exported to different countries of the world also. With the onset of monsoon, rice is grown in different parts of the country and is harvested in September- October. Recently, in Punjab and Haryana paddy has also become an important crop. It is a staple food crop of the majority of India. After China, our country is the second-largest producer of rice in the world. It requires high humidity and high temperature with annual rainfall above 100 cm. It grows with the help of irrigation in areas with less rainfall. Rice is grown in the coastal areas, plains of north and north-eastern India, and the deltaic regions. With the development of a dense network of canal irrigation and tubewells, it has become possible to grow rice in areas with less rainfall such as Haryana, Punjab, parts of Rajasthan, and western Uttar Pradesh. Some of the important rice-growing regions are Tamil Nadu, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Telangana, coastal regions of Odisha, and particularly (Konkan coast) along with Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Thus, option (B) is correct.

Note: Aus, Aman, and Boro are the three crops of paddy which are grown three times a year in states like Assam, West Bengal, and Odisha.