Which of the following points about rice cultivation in India are correct?
A. In West Bengal, three crops of rice are grown in an agricultural year.
B. India is ranked second after China in rice production.
C. Punjab and Haryana started growing rice since 1970s.
D. The yield of rice is very high in rainfed areas of Madhya Pradesh and Odisha.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B and C only
(A) In West Bengal, three crops of rice are grown in an agricultural year. — True. Farmers of West Bengal grow three crops of rice: aus, aman and boro.
(B) India is ranked second after China in rice production. — True. India produced 22.07 per cent of the world’s rice and ranked second after China in 2018.
(C) Punjab and Haryana started growing rice since 1970s. — True. They are not traditional rice areas. Rice came to their irrigated areas in the 1970s, after the Green Revolution.
(D) The yield of rice is very high in rainfed areas of Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. — False. The yield of rice is very low in the rainfed areas of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. NTA changed one word of the book, and a true line became false. Read every word before you mark the answer.
NCERT (2026-27): “Rice … In West Bengal farmers grow three crops of rice called ‘aus’, ‘aman’ and ‘boro’. … India contributes 22.07 per cent of rice production in the world and ranked second after China in 2018. … Punjab and Haryana are not traditional rice growing areas. Rice cultivation in the irrigated areas of Punjab and Haryana was introduced in 1970s following the Green Revolution. … The yield of this crop is very low in rainfed areas of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.” |