Which one of the following is ‘Kharif’ crop:
(a) Wheat (b) Mustered
(c) Maize (d) None of these

ANS C

Maximum consumption of natural rubber is made of –
(a) Auto tyres & tubes (b) Footwear
(c) Beats and hoses (d) Dipped goods

ANS A

India is the larger producer as well as the consumer of the world?
(a) Wheat (b) Maize
(c) Pulses (d) Millets

ANS C

India has three cropping seasons:-
(1) Rabi
(2) Kharif and
(3) Zaid
(1) Rabi crops: - Shown in winter from October to December.
 - Harvest in summer from April to June.
 - Main crop-wheat, barley, peas, gram, mustard
(2) Kharif crop:
 - Grown with the onset of monsoon in different parts of the country.
 - Harnest in September-October.
 - Maize jawar , bajra ,cotton, Soya been
(3) Zaid crops:
 -sown between rabbi and kharif seasons.
 Crops: watermelon, Muskmelon, cucumber, fodder etc.

1.Indian agriculture products are not able to compete with the developed countries.
2.Bad condition of marginal and small farmers
3.Caused land degradation due to overuse of chemicals.

Rabi	Kharif
a) Rabi crops are sown in winter from October to December and harvested in summer from April to June	a) Kharif crops are grown with the onset of monsoon in the different parts of the country and these are harvested in September-October.
b) Some of the important rabi crops are wheat, barley, peas, gram, and mustard.	b) Important crops grown during this season are paddy, maize, jowar, bajra, tur(arhar)moong, urad, cotton, jute, groundnut and soyabean.
c) States from north and northwestern parts such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh are important for the production of wheat and other rabi crops	c) Some of the most important rice-growing regions are Assam, West Bengal, coastal regions of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra, particularly the(Kankan coast) along with Uttar Pradesh Bihar. Recently, paddy has also become an important crop of Punjab and Haryana

“Horticulture:-It is an art of cultivating fruits and vegetables. India is the largest producer of fruits
and vegetables in the world. India is the producer of tropical as well as temperate fruits.”
India is known for
- Mangoes - Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
- Oranges - Nagpur and Cherrapunjee (Meghalaya),
- Bananas- Kerala, Mizoram, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu,
-Lichi and guava- Uttar Pradesh and Bihar,
-Pineapples - Meghalaya,
-Grapes - Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra
-Apples, pears, apricots, and walnuts - Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh are in great demand all
 over the world.
 India produces about 13 per cent of the world vegetables. It is an important producer of pea,
cauliflower, onion, cabbage, tomato, brinjal and potato.

Subsistence agriculture	Commercial agriculture
(a) Subsistence agriculture is practiced on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe, Dao and digging sticks, and family/ community labour	a) The main characteristics of this type of farming is the use of higher doses of modern inputs, e.g. high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, chemicals fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides in order to obtain higher productivity.
(b) Farmers and their family produce cereals for themselves and for the local market.	b) Crops are grown on a large scale with a view to export them to other countries.
(c) It is practiced in thickly populated areas	c) It is practiced in sparsely populated areas.
(d) Cereals like wheat, rice, millets are mainly raised.	d) Wheat, cotton, sugarcane etc. are mainly raised.