The tal lands of Patna, Nalanda and Bhojpur districts are best suited to which crops?
- A.Gram and lentil in rabi
- B.Jute in kharif
- C.Sugarcane
- D.Tea and coffee
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The correct answer is A, gram and lentil in rabi. The tal lands are low saucer shaped tracts of south Bihar that fill with water during the monsoon and cannot carry a kharif crop; as the water drains in October and November the moist soil gives an excellent rabi crop of gram, lentil, pea and khesari, and Mokama Tal is the best known of these tracts. Option B, jute, needs standing water during growth but is a kharif crop of the north-eastern districts, not of the tal. Option C, sugarcane, is a long duration crop of well drained land and belongs to the Champaran belt. Option D, tea and coffee, are plantation crops of hills and high rainfall; a little tea is grown in Kishanganj but never on tal land. Pair tal with pulses, diara with melons and chaur with makhana.
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Practice Questions
View allMakhana, the fox nut grown in the ponds of Bihar, is the seed of which plant?
- A.Nelumbo nucifera
- B.Euryale ferox
- C.Trapa natans
- D.Eichhornia crassipes
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Makhana is the seed of Euryale ferox, a thorny aquatic plant of still shallow water whose large round leaves cover the surface of ponds and chaurs; the seeds are gathered from the pond bed, dried, roasted and popped into the white kernels sold as makhana or phool makhana.
Read the full explanation →Mithila Makhana received the geographical indication tag in which year?
- A.2018
- B.2020
- C.2022
- D.2024
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Mithila Makhana was registered as a geographical indication in 2022, the tag going to a producers body of the Mithila region so that growers of Darbhanga, Madhubani and the neighbouring districts, rather than traders elsewhere, gain from the name.
Read the full explanation →The research centre devoted to makhana in Bihar is located at which place?
- A.Darbhanga
- B.Muzaffarpur
- C.Sabour
- D.Pusa
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The makhana research centre is at Darbhanga, in the heart of the Mithila makhana belt, and work there covers pond management, the harvesting and popping process and improved varieties such as Swarna Vaidehi.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following crops belong to the Kharif Cropping season?
- A.Wheat
- B.Grams
- C.Mustard
- D.Cotton
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Cotton is a kharif crop, sown with the onset of the monsoon in June and July and picked from October onwards, because it needs warmth and rainfall during growth and dry weather at picking.
Read the full explanation →The Shahi Litchi, which carries a geographical indication tag, is the produce of which district of Bihar?
- A.Bhagalpur
- B.Muzaffarpur
- C.Darbhanga
- D.Nalanda
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The Shahi litchi of Muzaffarpur and the neighbouring districts of north Bihar is known for its thin skin, small stone and high juice content, it received a geographical indication tag in 2018, and Muzaffarpur is called the litchi capital of the country and houses the National Research Centre on Litchi.
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