Pick the correct statement pertaining to paddy grown in Karnataka.

Paddy is not a Kharif crop.

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Paddy is not a Rabi crop.

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Paddy is both a Kharif crop and a Rabi crop.

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Paddy is both a Kharif crop and a Zaid crop.

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Solution

The correct option is C Paddy is both a Kharif crop and a Rabi crop.
70 percent of paddy in Karnataka is cultivated as a kharif crop. In some areas with irrigation facilities, it is cultivated as rabi crop. Kharif crops are sown during the onset of monsoon and harvested at the end of monsoon season during the months of September and October. Rabi season begins with the onset of winter. Crops are sown in the months of October - December and harvested in the months of April to June.

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(a) Photoperiod affect the___.

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