3. 1. Rabi Crops
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Harvesting Season
Harvested in summer from
April to June.
Sowing season
Rabi crops are sown in
winter from October to
December
Examples
Wheat, barley, peas, gram
and mustard
Regions
Punjab, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu and
Kashmir, Uttarakhand and
Uttar Pradesh 5 Soil Type Needed
Alluvial soil in
Indo-Gangetic plains
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5. Que1. The most important crop grown during the rabi season_______
A.Paddy
B.Wheat
C.Jowar
D.Pulses
6. 1. Kharif Crops
Harvesting Season
Harvested in September-
October.
Sowing Season
Kharif crops are sown with
the onset of monsoon
Examples
paddy, maize, jowar, bajra,
tur (arhar), moong, urad,
cotton, jute, groundnut and
soyabean.
Regions
Assam, West Bengal,
coastal regions of Odisha,
Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana, Tamil Nadu,
Kerala and Maharashtra
Soil Type Needed
Black Soil
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2
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8. 7. Which of the following is Kharif Crop?
a. Groundnut
b. Maize
c. Paddy
d. All of the above
9. 1. Zaid Crops
Harvesting Season
Harvested in summer
Sowing season
In between the rabi and the
kharif seasons, there is a short
season during the summer
months known as the Zaid
season.(March to June) Examples
watermelon, muskmelon,
cucumber etc.
Regions
Punjab, Haryana and
western Uttar Pradesh and
parts of Rajasthan.
Soil Type Needed
A well-drained loamy to
sandy-loam soil rich in
organic matter
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12. Their are 2 types of Major Crops
1. Rice
2. Wheat
Major Crops
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13. Rice
❑ Rice: It is the staple food crop of a majority of the people in India. Our country is the
second largest producer of rice in the world after China. It is a kharif crop which requires
high temperature, (above 25°C) and high humidity with annual rainfall above 100 cm.
❑ It is grown in the plains of north and north-eastern India, coastal areas and the deltaic
regions.
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14. Map Of India with Major and
Minor area of Rice Agriculture
15. India is the second largest rice
producer after_____?
A. China
B. Russia
C. America
D. Japan
16. Wheat
❏ Wheat is the second most important cereal crop. It is the main food crop, in north and
north-western part of the country. This rabi crop requires a cool growing season and a
bright sunshine at the time of ripening. It requires 50 to 75 cm of annual rainfall evenly
distributed over the growing season the soil type needed for wheat is clay loam or loan
texture soil.
❏ There are two important wheat-growing zones in the country – the Ganga-Satluj plains in
the northwest and black soil region of the Deccan. The major wheat-producing states are
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and parts of Madhya Pradesh.
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17. Map Of India with Major and
Minor area of Wheat Agriculture
18. The two main wheat growing regions are:
(a) The Ganga-Sutlej plains and the Deccan Trap
(b) North-eastern part and eastern-coastal plains
(c) Deccan plateau and Konkan coast
(d) None of the above
19. Agriculture is our wisest pursuit because it will, in
the end, contribute most to real wealth…
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd U.S. President
20. Thank You
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