Cropping seasons MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

Aman, Aus and Boro are the three main seasonal groups of rice cultivation, especially associated with eastern India and Bengal. Aman is generally the main monsoon or winter rice, Aus is grown before the main monsoon crop, and Boro is the irrigated summer crop. Wheat is a rabi cereal and is not classified by these names. Sugarcane is a long-duration cash crop, not a seasonal paddy type. Tea is a plantation crop grown in humid hill and foothill regions, so it is unrelated to Aman, Aus and Boro.

Kharif crops are generally sown with the monsoon and harvested after the rainy season. Maize is a common Kharif crop in many parts of India. Pearl millet is also a typical rain-fed Kharif crop, especially in dry regions. Rice is the major Kharif food crop because it needs plenty of water during growth. Gram, however, is a Rabi pulse sown in the post-monsoon winter season and harvested in spring. Therefore, gram is not a Kharif crop.