What are Rabi crops?
Winter crops
Summer crops
Monsoon crops
None of these
Crops sown in winters and harvested in spring are called Rabi crops. They are also known as winter crops. For example: wheat, beans, and legumes, etc.
Rabi crops are sown in the summer season.
What are zaid crops ? What months zaid crops are grown ? What months the Rabi crops are grown ? What months the kharif crops are grown ?
Q59. Consider the following statements related to cropping seasons in India.
1. Kharif crops are sown in winter from October to December and harvested in summer from April to June.
2. Rabi Crops are grown with the onset of monsoon in different parts of the country and these are harvested in September-October.
3. Zaid is a short season during the summer months in between the rabi and the kharif seasons.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are NOT correct?
(a) What is meant by kharif crops ? Give two examples of kharif crops.
(b) What is meant by rabi crops ? Give two examples of rabi crops.