Types of crops

Question 1

What is agriculture?

Answer 1

Agriculture is the science of dealing with the growing of plants and raising of animals that are useful to humans

Question 2

What is a crop?

Answer 2

Plants of the same kind grown and cultivated on the same land in a large scale are called crops

Question 3

What are the 6 types of crops based on the type of products obtained?

Answer 3

Cerials
Fribre crops
Pulses
Oilseed
Plantation crops
sugar crops

Question 4

What are the types of crops based on season?

Answer 4

Kharif and rabi and zaid crops

Question 5

What are Kharif crops?

Answer 5

Crops that are grown during the Monsoon. They are sown in june and harvested in september. Examples- Rice, maize, soyabean, groundnut, cotton, jowar, bajra

Question 6

What are Rabi crops?

Answer 6

Crops that are grown during winter season. they are sown in october and harvested in march. Ex- Wheat, barley, pea

Question 7

What are Zaid crops?

Answer 7

Crops that are grown during summer season. They are grown in march and harvested in june. Ex- Muskmelon and watermelon