India is a major producer of crops, including rice, wheat, sugarcane, cotton, and jute. The country's diverse climate and geography allow for the cultivation of a wide variety of crops.

Here you are given Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) on the Crops of Indiathe topic of General Knowledge. First of all, you have to read all the GK questions related to Crops of India and click on one correct answer for each question. If your answer is correct, you will be displayed with a ✅ sign, but if your answer is wrong, a ❌ sign will be displayed, so that you can identify the correct answer you have given.

Q. Which crop covers the maximum cultivable area in India?

 ◉ wheat

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 ◉ Maize

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 ◉ Millet

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 ◉ rice (paddy)

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Q. What type of crop is jute?

 ◉ commercial flowering crop

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 ◉ eucalyptus crop

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 ◉ fiber commercial crop

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 ◉ olitorius crop

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Q. Cultivation of which crop is prohibited by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India?

 ◉ Lathirus (khesari)

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 ◉ Bt cotton for export

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 ◉ Bt cotton for local use

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 ◉ Genetically converted brinjal

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Q. Which was cultivated as Rabi crop by the people of Indus Valley?

 ◉ gather

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 ◉ Maize

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 ◉ wheat

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 ◉ rice

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Q. The weather variable that most affects crop production in India?

 ◉ Sharad

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 ◉ Summer

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 ◉ Spring

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 ◉ Rain

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Q. Which is the most hardy crop in cereals?

 ◉ Rice

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 ◉ Sesame

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 ◉ High tide

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 ◉ Millet

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Q. If more than one crop is grown on a land in a year, then what is that farming called?

 ◉ Co -operative agriculture

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 ◉ Collective agriculture

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 ◉ Subsistence agriculture

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 ◉ intensive farming

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Q. Which are the fiber crops?

 ◉ Wheat, gram and lentils

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 ◉ Cotton, lentils and wheat

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 ◉ Cotton, Flax, Jute and Mesta

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 ◉ Gram, paddy and cotton

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Q. Which state is associated with both "Coffee and Tea" as its main crops?

 ◉ Karnataka

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 ◉ Tripura

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 ◉ Kerala

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 ◉ Meghalaya

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Q. Out of the total area of crops in India, the maximum is used for the cultivation of?

 ◉ Lentils

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 ◉ rice

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 ◉ Gram

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 ◉ Wheat

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Q. Which type of soil is made suitable for growing crops by using gypsum?

 ◉ alkaline

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 ◉ Untreated

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 ◉ Both suit

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 ◉ None of them

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Q. What is the main food crop of India in terms of production?

 ◉ rice

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 ◉ Soybean

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 ◉ Wheat

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 ◉ Oilseed

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Q. Which tropical food crop requires a temperature of 27°C and more than 100 cm of rainfall?

 ◉ Gram

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 ◉ Millet

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 ◉ Wheat

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 ◉ rice

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Q. Which food crop in India is sown in October-November and harvested in April?

 ◉ wheat

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 ◉ Gram

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 ◉ Lentils

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 ◉ Rice

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Q. The study of field crops is called-

 ◉ Floriculture

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 ◉ Horticulture

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 ◉ Allerkrit

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 ◉ agronomy

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