Botanical name of finger millet is

Sorghum vulgare

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Eleusine coracana

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Amaranthus viridis

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Pennisetum typhoides

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Solution

The correct option is B Eleusine coracana
Eleusine coracana is plant grown as a cereal in the dry areas. It is commonly known as African finger millet, red millet, caracan millet and ragi. It is the hardest millet and its grains are free from pericarp.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

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Which one is not a source of carbohydrate?

(a) Rice
(b) Millets
(c) Sorghum
(d) Gram

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