Read the extract given below and answer the questions:
Wheat
This is the second most important cereal crop. It is the main food crop, in north and north-western part of the country. This rabi crop requires a cool growing season and a bright sunshine at the time of ripening. It requires 50 to 75 cm of annual rainfall evenly-distributed over the growing season. There are two important wheat-growing zones in the country – the Ganga-Satluj plains in the northwest and black soil region of the Deccan. The major wheat-producing states are Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and parts of Madhya Pradesh.
Rice
It is the staple food crop of a majority of the people in India. Our country is the second largest producer of rice in the world after China. It is a kharif crop which requires high temperature, (above 25°C) and high humidity with annual rainfall above 100 cm. In the areas of less rainfall, it grows with the help of irrigation.
Question (i)
How much annual rainfall is required for Wheat?
(A) 50 to 75 cm
(B) below 50 cm
(C) Above 100 cm
(D) 75 to 150 cm
Answer:
From the paragraph
It is the main food crop, in north and north-western part of the country. This rabi crop requires a cool growing season and a bright sunshine at the time of ripening. It requires 50 to 75 cm of annual rainfall evenly-distributed over the growing season.
So the correct answer is (A) : 50 to 75 cm
Question (ii)
What is climatic conditions required for Rice?
(A)High rainfall
(B) High temperature
(C) High humidity
(D) All of the above
Answer:
From the paragraph
It is a kharif crop that requires high temperature, (above 25°C) and high humidity with annual rainfall above 100 cm . In the areas of less rainfall, it grows with the help of irrigation.
So the correct answer is (D): All of the above
Question (iii)
Identify the Wheat growing zones in India.
(A)The Ganga-Satluj plains in the north-west
(B) Black soil region of the Deccan plateau
(C) Both 'a' and 'b'
(D)None of the above
Answer:
From the paragraph
There are two important wheat-growing zones in the country – the Ganga-Satluj plains in the northwest and black soil region of the Deccan . The major wheat-producing states are Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and parts of Madhya Pradesh.
So the correct answer is(C): Both 'a' and 'b'
Question (iv)
_________ is the largest producer of Rice.
(A)Brazil
(B) India
(C) China
(D) Australia
Answer:
From the paragraph
It is the staple food crop of a majority of the people in India . Our country is the second largest producer of rice in the world after China . It is a kharif crop which requires high temperature, (above 25°C) and high humidity with annual rainfall above 100 cm. In the areas of less rainfall, it grows with the help of irrigation.
So the correct answer is (C) : China
Question (v)
Rice is a _______ crop.
(A) food
(B) plantation
(C) horticulture
(D) Both B & C
Answer:
From the paragraph
It is the staple food crop of a majority of the people in India . Our country is the second largest producer of rice in the world after China.
So the correct answer is(A) : Food
Question (vi)
Identify major difference between wheat crop and rice crop.
(A) Wheat is grown mostly in south India; Rice is grown mostly in north India.
(B) Rice is a Kharif crop; wheat is a rabi crop.
(C) Rice is called grain crop, wheat is called cereal crop.
(D) Both A & C
Answer:
Wheat
It is the main food crop, in north and north-western part of the country. T his rabi crop requires a cool growing season and bright sunshine at the time of ripening.
Rice
Our country is the second largest producer of rice in the world after China. It is a kharif crop which requires high temperature, (above 25°C) and high humidity with annual rainfall above 100 cm.
So the correct answer is (B) : Rice is a Kharif crop; wheat is a rabi crop
