Cotton in Haryana is grown mainly in which part of the state?
- A.The north east, around Yamunanagar and Ambala
- B.The south west, around Sirsa, Fatehabad and Hisar
- C.The central belt around Karnal and Kurukshetra
- D.The Shivalik foothills
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the south west around Sirsa, Fatehabad and Hisar. This is the drier half of Haryana, where rainfall is low, summers are hot and the soil is light, and cotton suits those conditions better than paddy does. Canal water from the Bhakra system supports the crop, and the ginning and trading of cotton is an important business in Sirsa and Fatehabad.
Option A, the north east around Yamunanagar and Ambala, is the wetter corner of the state, given over to sugarcane, paddy and wheat. Option C, the Karnal and Kurukshetra belt, is the rice and basmati heartland fed by the Western Yamuna Canal, with the highest yields in the state. Option D, the Shivalik foothills, carry forest, gravel soils and small holdings rather than a commercial cotton crop. Remember the simple split: paddy in the wet north east, cotton and mustard in the dry south west.
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Practice Questions
View allHaryana came into existence as a separate state on which date?
- A.1 November 1956
- B.1 November 1966
- C.1 April 1966
- D.15 August 1966
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Haryana was carved out of the Hindi speaking districts of the former state of Punjab on that day, and the date is observed every year as Haryana Day.
Read the full explanation →The dwarf high yielding wheat varieties that began the Green Revolution in India were first bred in which country?
- A.Mexico
- B.Japan
- C.Australia
- D.Soviet Union
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The dwarf wheat varieties Lerma Rojo and Sonora 64 were bred in Mexico at the research programme where Norman Borlaug worked, and seed of these varieties was imported into India in the mid nineteen sixties.
Read the full explanation →Who is known as the father of the Green Revolution in India?
- A.Verghese Kurien
- B.M. S. Swaminathan
- C.Norman Borlaug
- D.C. Subramaniam
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He was the geneticist who brought the Mexican dwarf wheat to India, worked with Indian breeders to adapt it, and persuaded the government and the farmers to take it up, so he is called the father of the Green Revolution in India.
Read the full explanation →Which crop led the first phase of the Green Revolution in India?
- A.Rice
- B.Wheat
- C.Cotton
- D.Sugarcane
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The first high yielding varieties available to Indian farmers were dwarf wheats, and they were planted in the irrigated north western plains where water and fertiliser could be supplied on time.
Read the full explanation →Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, one of the largest agricultural universities in Asia, is located at which place?
- A.Karnal
- B.Hisar
- C.Rohtak
- D.Kurukshetra
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The agricultural university of Haryana was set up at Hisar soon after the state was formed and was later named after Chaudhary Charan Singh.
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