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UPSC Prelims 1979 · Agriculture · Crops and Where They Grow
The crop which is sown with the commencement of Monsoon is
- (a) Rabi Crop
- (b) Kharif Crop
- (c) Cash Crop
- (d) None of these
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Answer: (b) Kharif Crop
Kharif crops are sown at the start of the monsoon.
Why the others are wrong
(a) Rabi is sown in winter.
(c) A cash crop can be kharif or rabi.
The trap
None.
🔒 Kharif: June–July sowing; rabi: Oct–Nov sowing; zaid: summer.
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