Define crops and what are they cultivated for? What are kharif crops and rabi crops? Write two examples for each? [5 MARKS]

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1. Crops are plants cultivated on large scale. They are cultivated for food, fodder, medicine and clothing
2. Rabi crops are agricultural crops sown in winter around November and harvested in the spring around April. Example: wheat and barley.
3. Kharif crops are agricultural crops cultivated and harvested during the rainy around April to October . Example: rice and millet.

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