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Agriculture · Q552

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 552

Q552

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched in the term of Crop and Sowing time?

A.
Cotton (Southern India) ⇔ August - September
B.
Sugarcane (Adsali crop) ⇔ July - August
C.
Lentil (Northern India) ⇔ July - August
Answer
D.
Soybean (Northern India) ⇔ June - July

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Cotton is sown in the southern part of India is a little late as compared to northern India. The sowing time is around August - September.
Adsali is one of the planting seasons of sugarcane and its sowing time is from July - August. This planting is common in Maharastra.
Lentil in northern India is sown from November - December.
The sowing time of the Soybean in northern India is from June - July.