Question: Identify a Rabi Crop cultivated in India.
Options:
Barley
Groundnut
Jowar
Rice
→ Explanation:
💡 Rabi Crops
→ Rabi crops or rabi harvest are agricultural crops sown in winter and harvested in the spring in India.
→ Examples of Rabi crops include wheat, barley, gram, peas, mustard, and linseed.
→ Northern and northwestern states such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh are significant producers of wheat and other Rabi crops.
→ The availability of precipitation during winter months due to western temperate cyclones helps in the success of these crops.
🌱 Zaid Season
→ This is a short season between the Kharif and Rabi seasons.
→ Crops grown during this season are called Zaid crops.
→ Examples include pumpkin, cucumber, watermelon, and bitter gourd.
🌾 Kharif Season
→ Kharif crops, also known as monsoon crops, are cultivated during the monsoon season.
→ The cropping season begins in June and ends in October.
→ These crops are sown at the start of the rainy season.
→ Examples include rice, maize, bajra, ragi, sorghum, soybean, groundnut, and cotton.