crops in India

 Crops in India:-

RABI Rabi is derived from Arabic word which means spring.	KHARIF Kharif is derived from the Arabic word which means Autumn	ZAID Zaid is derived from Arabic word
Sown in Oct/Dec ( during winters)	Sown in June/July (during summer or Monsoon)	Sown in Mar/Apr
Harvested in May/June(after winters) –spring season	Harvested in Sept/Oct.	Harvested in June/july ( short summer season)
Also Known as winter crops	Also known as monsoon crops	Summer crops
Requirement: - Less water, cold climate to grow.	Requirement:- Adequate water(rainfall), Hot climate to grow	Requirement :- warm & dry weather for growth & Longer day length for flowering
Area:- Punjab, Haryana, HP, JK, UK & UP Some Important Rabi Crops :- Wheat Barley / Grim Chickpeas( Kabuli Channa) Linseed( Alasee ka BeeJ/ Flax) Oats Mustard TRICK###WBC LOM	Areas;- Coastal areas- Assam, WB, Odhisa, Andhra Pradesh, TN, Kerala, Maharashtra. Important Kharif Crops Bajra(Bull Rush Millet) Jowar(Sorghum) Pulses Cotton Maize( Indian Corn) Groundnut Sugarcane Turmeric Soyabean Rice/ Paddy   Millets TRICK##BJP CM GST   SRM	Areas :- North & south western states Important zaid Crops :- Ridge Gourd (Torai) Musk  melon (Kharbooj) Cucumber Pumpkin watermelon (Tarbooj) Bitter Gourd( kerala)     TRICK ###RMC   PWB

Other Types of Crops

1.       Food Crops :- Rice, wheat , Maize, Gram & Pulses, Millets( Bajra, Jawar & Ragi)

2.       Fibrous crops(Non-food) :- Cotton, Jute

3.       Beverages crops:- Tea & Coffee

4.       Commercial Crops:- Sugarcane, Tobacco, Oilseeds(Mustard, soyabean, sunflower, groundnut , rapeseed) , Cotton etc

Revolution in Agriculture :-

Green revolution :- Food Grains   M.S. Swaminathan   

(NOTE:-  1966-69 ( Ist GR period) ;  HYV seeds for wheat )

White  :- Milk production   Verghese Kurien

Silver  :- egg/poultry      Indira Gandhi ( Mother of the silver revolutioin)

Silver fibre  :- Cotton

Pink  :- Onion/Prawn/pharma

Grey :- Fertilizers

Golden  :- Fruits/Honey/Horticulture

Golden Fibre  :- Jute

Brown :- Leather/Non-Conventional products.

Black :- Petroleum products

Yellow :- oilseed

Round :- Potato

Ranking of Crops in India & Global :-

Rice :-    WB > UP> AP                    

    China >India ( 2^nd Rank)

Wheat :- UP>Punjab> Haryana                       

 China > India ( 2^nd Rank)

Maize:- Karnataka> MP> Maharashtra        

  USA(No.1)  India – 7^th (Produce) & 4^th ( Area covered)

Millets :- Rajasthan > Karnataka >UP>Haryana         

 India Ranked 1

Gram & pulses:- Rajasthan >MP                                            

 Rank 1 India

Cotton :-  Gujarat>Maharsahtra>Telangana                       

 Rank 1india

Jute:- West Bengal> Bihar >Assam                                 

  Rank 1 ( both export & import )

Tea :- Assam>West Bengal > Tamil Nadu         

 China > India ( 2^nd rank)

Coffee :- Karnataka> TN>kerala                                     

    1. Brazil ……7^th .India

Sugarcane :- UP>Maharashtra > Karnataka                   

   1. Brazil 2. India

Tobacco:- Gujarat> Andhra Pradesh                                  

 1.China 2. India

Oil-seeds:- TN> Gujarat >Maharashtra                             

  1. India

NOTE :-

India at Rank 1 :- Cotton, Jute, Oil-seeds, Millets, Gram & pulses

India at Rank 2 :- Tobacco, Sugarcane , Tea, Wheat , Rice

Other Important facts :-

Ø  Darjeeling (champagne of Teas) Tea Got GI tag

Ø  Dibrugarh (Assam)  is known as City of Tea.

Ø  Rubber :Thailand ( 1^st ) & India (4^th )   -  Kerala(1^st) Tripura(2^nd) Karnataka(3^rd)

Ø  Ist Rubber plant 1895 set up in kerala

Ø  Saffron (zafran) is most expensive crop grown in karwas of Kashmir( pampore, pulwama)

Ø  Grim is kind of barley grown in Ladakh

Ø  Tobacco was brought in India by the Portuguese in 1508

Ø  Coffee was Ist raised in the Baba Budan Hills of Karnataka . It is indigeneous to Abyssinia Plateau (Ethiopia)

Ø  Pepper :- is King of Spices & Cardamon is queen of spices.    Rank – Kerala> Karnataka>TN

 

                To Be Continued 

crops of Jk _MCQs

Major ports of India (Western Coast)

Coastline of India = 7,516.6 Km 

No. Of Major ports of India= 13 

No. Of notified Non Major Ports = 205

Here we discuss into two broad categories as :- Western coast & Eastern Coast ports. 

West Coast ports :- 

Kandla, Gujarat

 New Mangalore, Karnataka

 JNPT, Maharashtra

Mumbai, Maharashtra

 Mormugao , Goa 

 & Kochchi , Karala 

#Kandla , Kuchh, Gujarat 

Ist port developed after partition.

Also known as Deendayal Port 

It is Tidal port & 

Trade free zone port 

#MumbaiPort :- 

Biggest port with spacious natural & well sheltered Harbour. 

Largest natural port in India 

Old name Bombay Port 

#JNPT, Maharashtra

Planned with view to decongest the Mumbai Port 

Serve Hub port for This region .

Largest Artificial Port 

Largest container port 

Also named as Nhava Sheva 

Busiest port of India

#Marmagoa, Goa 

Premier Iron ore exporting port of India

Accounts for 50% of India's Iron ore export. 

#New Mangalore, Karnataka

Caters to the export of Iron ore concentratrates from Kudremukh mines. 

#Kochi, Kerala 

 South Western port 

Located at the entrance of Lagoon with natural Harbour. 

Sited near Vemband lake 

For Eastern Coast Ports .. visit next Blog.

Fundamental Duties of India

Listed in Part IV-A 

Article 51A 

Amendment Act :- 42nd CAA 1976

11th Fundamental duty added by 86th CAA 2002. 

Recommend by :- Swaraj Singh Committee Headed by then PM Indira Gandhi in 1975. 

Source :- USSR (Soviet Constitution) Now Russia 

Originally -10 duties 

Now -11 duties (added by 86th Amendment ACT, 2002)

List of Fundamental Duties

1. Abide by the Constitution and respect national flag & National Anthem

2.Follow ideals of the freedom struggle

3.Protect sovereignty & integrity of India

4.Defend the country and render national services when called upon

5 Sprit of common brotherhood

6.Preserve composite culture

7.Preserve natural environment

8.Develop scientific temper

9. Safeguard public property

10.Strive for excellence

11.Duty fo all parents/guardians to send their children for education in the age group of 6-14 years to school.

#KeyWords 

NSSD BCE SPEE 

National Struggle freedom   sovereign Defense 

Brotherhood culture Environment 

Scientific temper Public property Excellence & Education. 

NEET_UG Analysis #Chemistry

Framing of COI ( Important Dates)

Framing of constitution of India (important Dates )

1934 :— M.N Roy gave Idea to Have constituent assembly(CA)

1935 :— INC for the first time officially demended a CA to frame COI.

1938 :— Jawahar Lal Nehru , on behalf of INC declared that ' the constitution of India framed without external interference.

1940( 8 August) :— August offer — Demand of framing COI Accepted.

1942:— Sir Stafford Cripps , a member of cabinet , came to India with a draft proposal from British Government on the framing of an Independent constitution to be adopted after ww-II.

1946:—

26 March :— Cabinet Mission arrived in India

16 May:— Cabinet mission published its plan.

July — August :— Election -CA election for 296 seats ( 208 won by INC, 73 by ML & 15 Small groups & independent candidate)

9 December- Ist meeting of CA presided by Dr. Sachidanand Sinha

11 December — 2nd Meeting of CA presided by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Vice President HC Mukherjee &. Constitutional Advisor BN Rau

13 December— JL Nehru moved historic 'Objective Resolution’ in the assembly.

1947

22 January— Objective Resolution Adopted by Assembly.

28 April— 6 states representative of Ally joined CA ( Baroda, Bikaner, Jaipur, Patiala, rewa & Udaipur)

03 June — Mt. Batten plan of partition accepted

22 July :— Adopted National Flag of India

29 August:— Draft committee set up

17 November— For the First time CA met as Dominion legislative & GV Mavlanker as it's speaker

1948

4 November-9 November— Ist reading of draft of constitution

15 November 1948- 17 October 1949 — 2nd reading

1949

14 November— 3rd reading of the Draft of constitution

26 November— Motion of Draft constitution was declared as passed . COI adopted & enacted.

1950

24 January— Adoption of National Anthem, National Song & Appointment of Ist President of India Dr Rajendra Singh Prasad

26 January— COI came into force & India Got republic.

1951–1952 Ist General Elections

1952

17 April— Provisional parliament ceased to exist .

May1952 — Ist elected Parliament with two Houses came into being.

General Science MCQ's JKSSB

 

Mega Science MCQ’s @ Mission 1000+ MCQ's 

SET -1

Q1. Conventional sources of energy are :-

A) Non-renewable sources of energy

B) Available in limited qty.  Apart from HEP

C) Are commercial energy sources like Coal, Electricity & petroleum

D) Are non-commercial energy sources like dried dung, firewood

E) All of the Above

Q2. Non-Conventional sources of energy are :-

A) Are renewable sources of energy

B) Solar energy, Bio-Energy, Tidal energy, Wind energy

C) Mainly used for household purposes

D) are not responsible for pollution & hence are clean sources

E) All of the above

Q3. Which is the largest non-conventional source of energy?

A) Solar Energy

B) Wind Energy

C) Tidal Energy

E) Bio-Energy

Q4.  Solar cells are made of ------&----is   the material used for interconnection the solar cells in solar panel is

A) Silicon & Aluminium

B) Silicon & Silver

C) Silicon & Copper

D) Lead & Cobalt

Q5. Which one of the following reactions is the main cause of the energy radiation from the sun?

A) Fusion reaction

B) Fission reaction

C) Chemical reaction

D) Diffusion reaction

Q6. India has -----position in wind power energy generation

A) 2^nd

B) 3^rd

C) 1^st

D) 4^th

Q7. World’s largest generator of wind power energy country is

A) India

B) Denmark

C)  Germany

D)  Ukraine

                             DENMARK is  known as “country of Winds”.  In India the largest wind energy farm has been established near Kanyakumari , Tamil Nadu ( 380 MW) . Note for 1MW generator , the farm required is 2 hectares of land ( 1 hectare= 19.77 Kanals)

Q8. The wind speed should be higher than ------to maintain the required speed of the turbine.

A) 10 km/h

B) 15km/h

C) 20Km/h

D) 30km/h

 

Q9. Bio-gas is an excellent fuel as it contains up to 75% of ----& 20-25% of CO2, H2,N2, H2S etc

A) Methane

B) Ethane

C) Butane

D) Ethanol

Q10. NHPC  & NTPC is/are  established in ----

A) 1975

B) 1957

C) 1981

D) 1991

Q11. State-wise sequence of thermal power generation

A) Maharashtra> Gujarat> Andhra Pradesh > West Bengal

B) Punjab > Karnataka> Maharashtra> Kerala

C) J&K> Punjab> HP> MP

D) NOTA

Q12. State-wise sequence of hydro power plants:-

 A) Maharashtra> Gujarat> Andhra Pradesh > West Bengal

B) Punjab > Karnataka> Maharashtra> Kerala

C) J&K> Punjab> HP> MP

D) NOTA

Q13. Location of the Tehri Dam on ------& sardar sarovar project on the river ----

A) Bhagirathi & Narmada

B) Ganga & Narmada

C) Yamuna & Kaveri

D) Ravi & Mahanadi

14. Gibrat Ratio is ratio used to detect cost effectiveness of ---

A) Wind Energy

B) Tidal Energy

C) Solar Energy

D) Thermal Energy

15. There are number of power plants based on Geothermal Energy operational in ----& ----

A) New Zealand & USA

B) Germany & Denmark ‘

C) New Zealand & Denmark

D) NOTA

16. which of the followings nuclear power plants  are related or located correctly

A) Tarapur = Maharashtra

B) Rana Partap Sagar = Rajasthan

C) Kalpakkam = Tamil Nadu

D) Kaiga ( Karnataka) & Kakrapar( Gujarat)

E) All of the above

17. A solar water heater can’t be used to get hot water on

A) Sunny Day                     

B) Cloudy Day

C) Hot Day

E) Windy day

Q18. A solar cooker used for heating water has solar panel of effective area 1 m² . Only 10% of the energy received by the solar panel is utilized for heating the contents. Time taken by this solar cooker to heat 1L of water from 30⁰C to 80^oC is nearly

A) 10 minutes

B) 15 minutes

C) 20 minutes

D) 25 minutes

19. OTE (Ocean Thermal Energy) is due to

A) Temperature difference at different levels in the Ocean

B) Energy stored by waves in the Ocean

C) Pressure difference

D) Tides arising out in the Ocean

20. U-235 will undergo fission by

A) Low Energy neutrons only

B) Low Energy Protons only

C) High energy protons & Neutrons

D) NOTA

weather , climate MCQ'S JKSSB@JK_GK

Weather &  Climate Of J&K 

Q1.Ice Cold season from Mid January- Mod March is known as 

1. Shishur 

2. Retkol/ Grisham 

3. Sonth/ Bahaar 

4. Harud/ Patjhar 

Q2. Kashmir valley receives  heavy rainfall & snowfall in winter & pre-monsoon season due to 

1. Western Disturbance 

2. Eastern Disturbance 

3. Varied Topography 

4. NOTA

Q3. The winter precipitation mainly occurs from western disturbance ( I.e temperate cyclones) originating from …..

1. Mediterranean sea 

2. Karakoram range 

3. Caribbean sea 

4. NOTA

Q4. Chillai Kalan - days of Intense winter period in Kashmir valley are from…..to…..

1. 21 December to 31 January 

2. 31 January to 19 March 

3. 31 January to 19 February 

4. 20 Feb to 31 March 

Q6. Chillai Khurd & Chillai Bacha are also days of winters in Kashmir valley. In total the number of days in both are 

1. 40 days 

2. 30 days 

3. 20 days 

4. 10 days 

Q7. …..are Hot winds in the Northern plains of J&K while …..are cold winds in J&K? 

1. Loo & Kaal Baisakhi 

2. Dadu & Loo

3. Loo & Dadu 

4. NOTA.

Q8. Which of the following is incorrectly related or paired ? 

1. AUTUMN = HARUD / PATJAR

2. WANDAH/ SYALA = WINTER 

3. SUMMER = SONTH/BAHAAR

4. NOTA 

 Q9. The direction to which wind blows is known as :-

1. Windward 

2. Leeward 

3. Eleaving side 

4. Levering side 

Q10. If the temperature of a place increases suddenly the relative humidity……

1. Increases 

2. Decreases 

3. Remain constant 

4. NOTA

Q11. Udometer is used to measure 

1. Rainfall 

2. Humidity 

3. Wind speed 

4. Atmospheric Pressure 

Q12. Monsoon is caused by 

1. Impact of summer temperatures on the sea 

2. Movement of clouds 

3. Seasonal reversal of winds 

4. Rise in temperature 

Q13. The snow on the mountains doesn't melt at once when it is heated by the sun because 

1. It becomes very solid 

2. It reflects  most of the heat from the sun 

3. It has a low specific heat capacity 

4. It has a high latent heat of fusion 

Q14. The district of J&K that receives maximum rainfall is 

1. Rajouri 

2. Ramban 

3. Reasi 

4. Katra 

Q15. ….is spring season in Kashmir. 

1. Sonth 

2. Retkol

3. Wandah

4. NOTA