Which one among the following is a crop of the zaid season?

The correct answer is Option (2) → Watermelon

India has three cropping seasons. The zaid season is the short summer season between the rabi and the kharif, from about March to June; its crops ripen quickly and need warm, dry weather with irrigation.

• Kharif (sown with the monsoon, June–July) — rice, maize, cotton, groundnut, jute

• Rabi (sown in winter, October–December) — wheat, gram, peas, mustard

• Zaid (summer, March–June) — watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber, vegetables and fodder crops