Which one of the following is a Rabi crop in the Northern States of India?
- A.Rice
- B.Bajra
- C.Barley
- D.Ragi
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Barley. Barley is sown in the cool, dry season after the monsoon and harvested in spring, which makes it a rabi crop in the northern states. Rabi crops are sown from October to December and harvested from March to May. They need cool weather while growing and warmth when ripening, and they depend on irrigation or on winter rain from western disturbances. Wheat, barley, gram, peas, mustard and linseed are the main rabi crops, grown widely in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Option A is wrong because rice is the chief kharif crop, sown with the onset of the monsoon in June and July. Option B is wrong because bajra is a kharif millet suited to hot, dry areas such as Rajasthan. Option D is wrong because ragi is also a kharif millet, grown mainly in Karnataka and other southern states. Exam tip: rabi = wheat, barley, gram, mustard; kharif = rice, maize, jowar, bajra, ragi, cotton.
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View allWhich town stands on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river systems?
- A.Ambala
- B.Dehradun
- C.Haridwar
- D.Agra
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The divide between the two great northern systems does not run along a mountain here but across the almost flat plain of Haryana, and Ambala sits on it, so water falling a little to its west goes to the Ghaggar and the Indus side while water falling to its east…
Read the full explanation →The Tapi river originates near which place in Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Multai in Betul district
- B.Amarkantak in Anuppur district
- C.Janapav in Indore district
- D.Sihawa in Dhamtari district
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Read the full explanation →The Narmada river rises from which of the following?
- A.Amarkantak plateau in Madhya Pradesh
- B.Trimbakeshwar in Maharashtra
- C.Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra
- D.Brahmagiri range in Karnataka
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The correct answer is A, the Amarkantak plateau in Madhya Pradesh, where the Narmada rises at about one thousand metres and begins its westward journey of some thirteen hundred kilometres through Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat to the Gulf of Khambhat; on the way it makes the Dhuandhar falls and the…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following Indian rivers does not form a delta at its mouth?
- A.Mahanadi
- B.Godavari
- C.Narmada
- D.Krishna
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It flows west through the narrow rift between the Vindhya and the Satpura ranges and opens into the Gulf of Khambhat, where strong tides sweep away the silt, so the river ends in a funnel shaped estuary and not a delta; the Tapi, which also flows west in a rift…
Read the full explanation →The Indus, the Satluj and the Brahmaputra cut deep gorges across the Himalaya because they are older than the present mountains. Such drainage is called
- A.Antecedent drainage
- B.Superimposed drainage
- C.Inland drainage
- D.Deranged drainage
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These rivers were flowing when the Himalaya was still rising, and instead of being turned aside they cut downward as fast as the land rose, leaving the gorges of the Indus near Gilgit, of the Satluj at Shipki and of the Brahmaputra at the great bend in the Dihang.
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