WHEAT

Question 1

India produces about 12.8 per cent of total wheat production of world (T/F)

Answer 1

true

Question 2

primarily temperate or tropical

Answer 2

temperate

Question 3

it is mostly concentrated on malwa plateau, himalayas and ganga plain (t/f)

Answer 3

True

Question 4

since it is a rabi crop it is always grown in irrigated conditions (T/F)

Answer 4

false – mostly in irrigated condtions but in himalayan highland and parts of malwa plateau in MP –it is a rainfed crop

Question 5

35% of total cropped area is under wheat cultivation

Answer 5

false- 14%

Question 6

ranking in world

Question 7

leading wheat producing states

Answer 7

UP
MP
PUNJAB
HAR
RAJ

Question 8

High yeild level

Answer 8

PUN
HAR

Question 9

Moderate yeild level

Answer 9

UP
RAJ
BIHAR

Question 10

Low yield

Answer 10

MP
HIMACHAL PRADESH
JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Question 11

rainfall

Answer 11

75-100cm
should be distributed thorughout the growing season

Question 12

temperature

Answer 12

10-15 degree Celsius (Sowing time); 21-26 degree Celsius (Ripening & Harvesting)

Question 13

soil

Answer 13

.Soils with a clay loam or loam texture, moderate water holding capacity are ideal for wheat cultivation

also grown in black soil region of deccan plateau

Question 14

it has wide climate adaptability (T/F)

Answer 14

yes !
It can be grown not only in the tropical and sub-tropical zones, but also in the temperate zone and the cold tracts of the far north ,beyond even the 60 degree north altitude

Question 15

in himalayas it is cultivated upto 5000m latitude (T/F)

Answer 15

false !, 2700 m

Question 16

best climate

Answer 16

cool, moist weather during the major portion of the growing period followed by dry, warm weather to enable the grain to ripen properly