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What type of crop is rice?

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Kharif

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What’s the most important staple food of India?

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Rice

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What are the 3 types of rice found in West Bengal?

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Aman, Aus, Boro

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Where in India is rice found?

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Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab, Goa

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What are the conditions required for rice?

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Hot and humid

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How much rain is required for rice?

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More than 100cm or assured irrigation

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How much temperature is required for rice?

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25 degree celsius

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What type of soil is required for rice?

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Clayey or subsoil. It also requires standing water in the early periods of growth

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What are the 4 methods of cultivating rice? Which is the most important one?

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Broadcasting, Drilling, Dibbling, Transplantation

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What type of crop is wheat?

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Rabi temperate crop

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What is the second most important food crop of India?

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Wheat

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Where is wheat found in India?

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Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar

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What conditions are required for wheat?

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Warm and dry conditions

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How much rainfall is required for wheat?

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50-75 cm

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What temperature is required for wheat?

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10-15 degree celsius while growing, and 25 degree celsius at the time of ripening and harvesting

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What type of soil is required for wheat?

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Fertile, loamy, alluvial

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Give examples of pulses

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moong, urad, gram, chana, peas

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What is the most important source of proteins for vegetarian Indians?

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Pulses

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Where are pulses cultivated?

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Everywhere except for areas with heavy rainfall

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What are rough course grains?

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Millets

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Name 3 millets grown in India?

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Bajra. Jawar, Ragi

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Name qualities of millets

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High on nutritional value, rainfed and draught resistant

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Where are millets grown?

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Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka and some parts of Gujarat

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Can millets be cultivated in poor soils?

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Yes

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Name types of oilseeds
Coconuts, Sunflowers, Safflowers, Rape seeds, Mustard, Groundnut, Soyabean, Cottonseed
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uses of oilseeds?
its residue is sometimes used as fertilizer, oilcakes to feed the cattle, as a cooking medium, used to make margarine, its leaves are used as vegetables (saag)
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what type of crop is sugarcane?
cashcrop; soil exhausting crop
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what crop belongs to the grass family?
sugarcane
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where are sugarcanes found in India?
Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar
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What conditions are required to cultivate sugarcane?
Hot and wet conditions + frost free climate
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What amount of rainfall is required for sugarcane?
More than 100cm
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How much temperature is required to cultivate sugarcane?
27 degree celsius
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Why does sugarcane require deep soil?
as it is a tall crop
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what type of soil does sugarcane require?
fertile & well drained
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What are the methods of cultivation of sugarcane?
Seed, setting, ratooning
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What are the demerits of ratooning?
more prone to pests and diseases, poor quality and thin cane
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what type of crop is cotton?
fibre crop and kharif crop
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what crop is known as the king of fibres?
cotton
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Where is cotton found in India?
Maharashtra (Deccan trap), parts of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan
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What are the conditions required for the cultivation of cotton?
At least 200 frost free days, dry & dusty weather at the time of ripening
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How much rainfall is required for cultivating cotton?
About 100cm
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How much temperature is required for cultivating cotton?
20-30 degree celsius
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what soil is required for cultivating cotton?
black soil (deccan trap), can also be grown in alluvial soil
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whats ginning?
the process of separating seeds from cotton
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what type of crop is jute?
fibre crop, soil exhausting
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whats golden fibre
jute
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whats the brown paper of wholesale industry?
jute
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where can we find jute in India?
West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Tripura
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Why is jute found in the Ganga Brahmaputra delta in India?
As soil is renewed there everywhere, jute being a soil exhausting crop
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conditions of jute??
hot & wet conditions
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how much rainfall does jute require?
more than 200cm
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how much temperature does jute require to grow
exceeding 30 degree celsius
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whats retting
process of soaking jute stalks in clean running water for 2-3 weeks till the outer part separates from the fibre
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what type of crop is tea
plantation crop
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what are the 3 types of tea
black, green, oolong
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how is tea a labour oriented crop?
its plucking is mostly done by women manually
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where can we find tea in India
Assam, West Bengal Darjeeling, Nigiri hills, Kangra valley
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what are the conditions required for growing tea
warm and moist conditions
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rainfall for tea?
150-300cm
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temperature for tea?
avg temp- 25 degree celsius
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soil for tea?
well drained; rich in humus
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whats flush
method of cultivating tea; a few leaves and a bud of tea bush
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whats pruning?
wilting of the top branches of a tea bush
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merits of pruning
to encourage the growth of lateral stems to facilitate easy plucking by maintaining height
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what are the 3 types of coffee made in India
coffee arabica coffee robusta coffee Liberica
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whats the second most important beverage crop?
coffee
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which type of coffee is the best in quality
coffee arabica
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what place in India cultivates 60% coffee?
Karnataka
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why are shady trees planted in between coffee fields?
direct sunlight is harmful for them
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temperature required for coffee?
15-30 degree celsius
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rainfall for coffee?
more than 125 cm
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soil for coffee?
loamy and well drained

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