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UPSC Prelims 2013 · Agriculture · Crops and Where They Grow
Consider the following crops: Which of these are Kharif crops?
- Cotton
- Groundnut
- Rice
- Wheat
- (a) 1 and 4
- (b) 2 and 3 only
- (c) 1, 2 and 3
- (d) 2, 3 and 4
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: (c) 1, 2 and 3
Cotton, groundnut and rice are kharif.
Statement by statement
1. ✓ KHARIF Cotton is sown with the monsoon.
2. ✓ KHARIF Groundnut is mainly a kharif crop.
3. ✓ KHARIF Rice is the main kharif crop.
4. ✗ RABI Wheat is sown in winter.
Why the others are wrong
(a) Adds wheat.
(b) Drops cotton.
(d) Adds wheat.
The trap
None.
🔒 Kharif (June–Oct): rice, cotton, groundnut, maize, jowar, bajra, soybean. Rabi: wheat, mustard, gram, barley.
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