Question

Crops which are grown in the winter season are known as
A. Rabi crops
B. Kharif crops
C. Cash crops
D. Zaid crops

Answer 1

Hint: Humans and many domesticated live stocks require food and fodder respectively for their energy, nutrition, and growth. Most of this food and fodder is obtained through agriculture. Wherein crops are cultivated and harvested.

Complete step by step answer: A crop is defined as a plant or animal product that is agriculturally produced for subsistence, sustenance, and profit. Crops are either harvested parts or the entire harvest itself. Macroscopic fungus such as mushroom or algae is maybe included in crops. These
crops as discussed earlier are harvested as either fodder for livestock or food for humans.
Some crops are not classified as food crops. These are called horticulture, industrial and floriculture
crops. Floriculture crops include houseplants, flowering pot plants or pot plants, bedding plants,
cultivated greens, and flowers. Horticulture includes plants used for other crops such as fruit trees.
Industrial crops include crops used for the production of medicine, biofuels, and clothing. In India,
agricultural crops are seasonal in nature and depend on monsoons.
A. Rabi crops: In India, the major Rabi crop includes wheat followed by mustard, sesame, barley, and peas. These are sown preferably after monsoon rains are over around mid-November and the harvesting begins either in April or May. In India, these crops are sown in winter and harvested in the spring. These crops are grown either through irrigation or from underground percolated rainwater. Other crops include fruits such as banana, mango, almond, etc. , legumes such as chickpea, masoor, etc. seed plants such as cumin, fenugreek, cumin, etc. , and vegetables such as beetroot, potato, radish, tomato, etc.
B. Kharif crops: Good rains during the winter season are proven to be bad for Rabi crops but it serves as a relief for Kharif crops. These crops are sown during the first rains around June and are harvested by the end of the monsoon season around October to November. These depend on monsoons. Too much or too less of rain could adversely affect the harvest action of these crops. These crops include rice, millet, jowar, maize, and soya bean. Other crops include fruits such as muskmelon, watermelon, sugarcane, etc. , seed plants such as cotton, sesame, groundnut, etc. , and vegetables such as brinjal, bitter gourd, bottle gourd, chili, etc.
C. Cash crops: Cash crops are also known as profit crops, as the name suggests they are used in
agriculture for profit. Different crops are grown in different climate zones. For instance, wheat, barley, rye, corn, etc. are grown in temperate zones, cotton, tobacco, indigo, etc. are grown in subtropical zones, coffee, jute, cocoa, etc. are grown in tropical zones.
D. Zaid crops: Crops grown during the summer season are called zaid crops. These include cucumber, pumpkin, bitter gourd, etc. These crops are grown between Rabi crops and Kharif crops.
Hence, the correct answer is option A, i.e., Rabi crops, as these crops are grown in the winter season.

Note: According to The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), around 33% of arable land is used to produce food for livestock, limiting the crop production for human consumption. This especially
affects the world’s poorest people. The Amazon rainforest land has been cleared around 70% for
grazing. Many other forests have also been cleared to create pastures for livestock grazing.