Question

Which one of the following is Rabi crop?
a.Rice
b.Millets
c.Gram
d.Cotton

Answer 1

Hint: Two-thirds of India’s population is occupied in agricultural activities. It is a fundamental activity, which yields food grains and raw materials for industries.

Complete Step by Step Answer: India is geographically an enormous country so it has numerous food and non-food crops which are developed in three main cropping seasons which are rabi, Kharif and Zaid.
The major crops can be categorized into-
Food crops which include Rice, Wheat, Millets, Maize and Pulses.
Cash crops which include sugarcane, Oilseeds Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Cotton and Jute.
Rabi Crops is also known as the winter crop in India. It is sown towards the end of October and harvested in March April every year. The main Rabi crops in India include Wheat, Barley, Mustard, Peas etc.
Kharif crops are also known as summer crops in India. It is sown in July, during the south-west monsoon season. The major Kharif crops of India comprises Millets (Bajra & Jowar), Cotton, Soyabean, Sugarcane, Turmeric, Paddy (Rice), Maize, Groundnut, Red Chillies, Etc.
Zaid Crops are grown in some parts of India from March to June. Some examples are Muskmelon, Watermelon, Vegetables of Cucurbitaceae family such as bitter gourd, ridge gourd etc.

Making the options a, b, d irrelevant as these are kharif crops, option 'c' is correct.

Note: The New Agricultural policy of India aims at opening up agrarian exchange and commerce outside the Agricultural Produce Market Committee. It eliminates obstacles to inter-State business and provides a frame for electronic trading of agricultural harvest.