Here is Question No. 86 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2020
Q86. With reference to pulse production in India, consider the following statements:
- Black gram can be cultivated as both kharif and rabi crop.
- Green gram alone accounts for nearly half of the pulse production.
- In the last three decades, while the production of kharif pulses has increased the production of rabi pulses has decreased.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: A
- Statement 1 is correct: Black gram is a warm weather crop and comes up in areas receiving an annual rainfall ranging from 600 to 1000 mm. It is mainly cultivated in a cereal-pulse cropping system primarily to conserve soil nutrients and utilize the leftover soil moisture particularly, after rice cultivation. Hence, although it can be grown in all seasons, the majority of black gram cultivation falls in either rabi or late rabi seasons, particularly in peninsular India.
- Statement 2 is not correct: Green gram is grown in nearly 8 percent of the total pulse area of the country. India’s pulse production is driven by chickpeas and pigeon peas. The contribution of chickpeas in total production is around 48 percent, followed by pigeon peas at 17 percent. Other pulses include moong (nine percent), urad (11 percent), and others.
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