The document discusses cropping patterns and major crops in India. It outlines three cropping seasons - Rabi, Kharif, and Zaid - and their typical sowing and harvesting periods. Rabi crops like wheat and mustard are grown in winter. Kharif crops like rice, maize, and cotton are grown during the monsoon. Zaid crops such as melons and vegetables are grown in summer. It also identifies the main regions for producing Rabi and Kharif crops. The two most important crops in India are rice and wheat, with rice being a major Kharif crop grown in eastern states and wheat a primary Rabi crop in northern states.

1.  Cropping Pattern
 Rabi
 Kharif
 Zaid
 Major Crops
Rice
Wheat

2. Cropping Pattern
Physical diversity and plurality of cultures in India Reflected in agricultural practices
Rabi Kharif Zaid
Cropping Seasons
Sowing Period
Harvesting Period
Crops
Irrigation
Winter
(October-December)
April-June
Wheat, barley, peas,
gram and mustard.
Western temperate
cyclones
Onset of Monsoon
(June to July)
September-October
Paddy, maize, jowar,
bajra, moong, urad,
cotton, soyabean etc.
Rainfall
Short summer season
(March-April)
May-June
Watermelon, muskmelon,
cucumber, vegetables and
fodder crops.
Private source
of irrigation

3.  Regions
o Rabi :- These crops are grown in large parts of India, states from the north
and north-western parts such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu
and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh are important producers of the
Rabi Crops.
o Kharif :- Some of the most important Kharif crops (especially rice) regions
include Assam, West Bengal, coastal regions of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra along with Uttar Pradesh and
Bihar. Recently, paddy has also become an important crop of Punjab and
Haryana.

4.  Major Crops
A variety of food and non-food crops are grown in different parts
of the country depending upon the variations in soil, climate and
cultivation practices.
Major Crops
Rice Wheat
 Rice is a kharif crop which requires high temperature
(above 25°C) and high humidity with rainfall above 100cm.
 India, after China, is the second-largest rice producer in the
world.
 It is grown in the plains of north and north-eastern India,
coastal areas and the deltaic region.
 Wheat is a Rabi crop requires a cold season for growing and bright
sunshine during its ripening, it also requires 50 to 75 cm of annual
rainfall.
 It is the second most important cereal crop and main food crop, in
north and north-western part of the country.
 It is grown mainly in the Ganga-Satluj plains of the north-west and
the black soil region of the Deccan

5.  Identify the following Crops:
Pea Crop (Rabi crop)
Cotton Crop (Kharif Crop)
Muskmelon Crop (Zaid Crop) Mustard Crops (Kharif Crops)

6. TEAMS
TOTAL
Q.1
Q.2
Q.3
Q.4
Q.5
1 2 3 5 6 7 8
Score Table
Q.1 What are the three major cropping seasons of India?
Ans. Rabi, Kharif and Zaid
Q.2 Wheat is the main food crop of which cropping season?
Ans. Rabi
Q.3 Which country is largest producer of Rice in the world?
Ans. China
Q.4 Which is the main food crop in North and North-western parts
of the country?
Ans. Wheat
Q.5 Crops such as Jowar and Bajra require how many cm of
annual rainfall?
Ans. 50 to 75 cm CONGRATs

7. Jyoti
Rakesh
Mrituanjay
Mohasin
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