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Agriculture · Q689

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 689

Q689

The dehulled rice grain is known as

A.
White rice
B.
Brown rice
Answer
C.
Grey rice
D.
None of these

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Brown rice is the whole and dehulled rice grain.
Dehulling is the process of separation of the hull from the rice grain. Intensive peeling and scouring of the grain to increase its value of the grain. In this process, the outer pericarp and testa are removed.