What kind of weather do Kharif crops require?
- A.Hot and wet
- B.Hot and dry
- C.Cold and wet
- D.Cold and dry
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, hot and wet. Kharif crops are sown with the arrival of the south west monsoon in June and July and harvested in September and October, so they grow through the hottest and wettest months of the year. In Madhya Pradesh the kharif list is headed by soybean, and includes paddy, maize, jowar, arhar, urad, moong and cotton, all of which need high temperature along with standing moisture in the soil.
Option B, hot and dry, describes the summer before the monsoon, when only irrigated zaid crops such as melons, vegetables and fodder can be raised. Option C, cold and wet, is not the pattern of the Indian plains at all, since winter here is the dry season. Option D, cold and dry, describes the rabi season of October to March, when wheat, gram, lentil, pea and mustard grow on stored soil moisture. The simple rule is monsoon for kharif and winter for rabi.
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Practice Questions
View allMadhya Pradesh is the largest producer in India of which of the following crops?
- A.Groundnut
- B.Soybean
- C.Sugarcane
- D.Jute
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Soybean spread across the black soil of the Malwa plateau and the Narmada valley from the nineteen seventies and now covers more area in Madhya Pradesh than anywhere else in the country, which is why the state is nicknamed the soya state.
Read the full explanation →Madhya Pradesh is the leading producer in India of which of the following pulses?
- A.Gram
- B.Soyabean oil
- C.Rajma
- D.Cowpea
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Gram, also called chana, is the biggest rabi pulse of the country and Madhya Pradesh grows more of it than any other state, mostly without irrigation, on the moisture that black soil holds after the monsoon.
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- A.Chambal valley of Morena and Bhind
- B.Sehore, Narmadapuram and Vidisha
- C.Balaghat and Mandla
- D.Chhatarpur and Tikamgarh
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This central belt, lying on the deep black soil of the Narmada valley and its Malwa fringe, grows the hard amber grained wheat known as Sharbati.
Read the full explanation →In Madhya Pradesh, the licensed cultivation of opium poppy is concentrated in which districts?
- A.Balaghat, Mandla and Dindori
- B.Mandsaur, Neemuch and Ratlam
- C.Rewa, Satna and Sidhi
- D.Sagar, Damoh and Chhatarpur
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Opium may be grown in India only under a licence from the Central Bureau of Narcotics, and the permitted tract of Madhya Pradesh lies in these western Malwa districts, continuing across the border into Chittorgarh and Pratapgarh in Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →The Kadaknath breed of chicken, which carries a geographical indication tag, belongs to which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Jhabua
- B.Balaghat
- C.Chhindwara
- D.Burhanpur
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The Kadaknath is a black fleshed fowl reared by tribal families in Jhabua and the neighbouring districts of western Madhya Pradesh.
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