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Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?
Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?
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The correct option is A Pulses
Answer: The correct answer is option (a) – Pulses.
Pulses
- India is the largest consumer and producer of pulses in the world.
- Major pulse producing states in India are Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh.
- By fixing nitrogen from the air, all the leguminous crops except arhar, help in the restoration of fertility in the soil.
- Therefore, leguminous crops are usually grown in rotation with other different crops.
- Pulses are the major source of protein in vegetarian diets.
- Gram, peas, masur, moog, urad,tur (arhar) are the major pulses that are grown in India.
- Pulses survive even in dry conditions and they need less moisture.
Millets
- The important millets grown in India are Ragi, Bajra, Jowar.
- They have very high nutritional value, though, these are known as coarse grains.
- For example, ragi is very rich in roughage, calcium, iron and other micronutrients.
- Ragi is a crop of dry regions and grows well on shallow black soils, loamy soil, sandy soil, black and red soil.
- Major ragi producing states are: Jharkhand, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh.
- With respect to production and area, Jowar is the third most important food crop.
- It is grown in areas where there is hardly any requirement for irrigation, it is a rain-fed crop mostly grown in the moist areas.
- In 2011-12 major Bajra producing states were Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan.
- In 2011-12, major Jowar producing States were Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra.
Pulses
Answer: The correct answer is option (a) – Pulses.
Pulses
- India is the largest consumer and producer of pulses in the world.
- Major pulse producing states in India are Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh.
- By fixing nitrogen from the air, all the leguminous crops except arhar, help in the restoration of fertility in the soil.
- Therefore, leguminous crops are usually grown in rotation with other different crops.
- Pulses are the major source of protein in vegetarian diets.
- Gram, peas, masur, moog, urad,tur (arhar) are the major pulses that are grown in India.
- Pulses survive even in dry conditions and they need less moisture.
Millets
- The important millets grown in India are Ragi, Bajra, Jowar.
- They have very high nutritional value, though, these are known as coarse grains.
- For example, ragi is very rich in roughage, calcium, iron and other micronutrients.
- Ragi is a crop of dry regions and grows well on shallow black soils, loamy soil, sandy soil, black and red soil.
- Major ragi producing states are: Jharkhand, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh.
- With respect to production and area, Jowar is the third most important food crop.
- It is grown in areas where there is hardly any requirement for irrigation, it is a rain-fed crop mostly grown in the moist areas.
- In 2011-12 major Bajra producing states were Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan.
- In 2011-12, major Jowar producing States were Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra.
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