Agriculture Test - 3

Rubber is a tree crop which is grown in agricultural estates. It is made from latex which is emitted from the stems of the plants. The ideal weather for rubber growing is a warm and moist weather, and the soil should be sufficiently watered. The following states are the important cultivators of rubber in India:

• Karnataka
• Kerala
• Tamil Nadu

Kerala ranks as the topmost producer of rubber in the country.

Kharif crops include rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet/bajra, finger millet/ragi (cereals), arhar (pulses), soybean, groundnut (oilseeds), cotton, etc.
Rabi crops include wheat, barley, oats (cereals), chickpea/gram (pulses), linseed, mustard (oilseeds) etc.

The Indian cropping season is classified into two main seasons, i.e. Kharif and Rabi, based on the monsoon. The Kharif cropping season is from July to October during the south-west monsoon and the Rabi cropping season is from October to March (winter). The Rabi crops are sown around mid-November, preferably after the monsoon rains are over, and harvesting begins in April/May.

Protein is an important building block of bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood. Moong beans are moderately caloric, protein-rich, low-fat and cholesterol-free food ingredients.100 grams of dry moong seeds contain 347 calories, and 23.86 g or 43% of recommended daily values of protein. Similarly, urad dal is also high in protein content .100 g of raw urad dal contains 25 g of protein. 

Kharif crops or Autumn crops are domesticated plants that are cultivated and harvested in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh during the summer season, which lasts from June to November depending on the area. The following seed plants are grown in the kharif season:
Arhar (tur)
Black Gram (urad)
Cotton
Cowpea (chavala)
Green Gram (moong)
Groundnut
Guar
Linseed (flax)
Moth bean
Mung bean
Sesame (till)
Urad bean
So, Masur is not grown in the kharif season.

The area drained by a single river system is called a drainage basin.

Ganga river has the largest basin in India.

Meander lies in the middle course of the river.

Himalayan Rivers form meanders, oxbow lakes, delta and many other depositional features in their food plains, but `waterfall` is not a depositional feature. It is, rather, an erosional feature at upper course of river.

Radial pattern of drainage develops when stream flows in different directions from a central peak or dome–like structure.