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Distinguish between kharif crops and rabi crops, giving one example of each.
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Answer
Kharif crops are sown with the onset of the south-west monsoon in June and July and harvested in September and October; they need high temperature and heavy rainfall. Rice is a kharif crop. Rabi crops are sown in October and November after the monsoon and harvested in March and April; they need a cool growing season and a warm, dry ripening period. Wheat is a rabi crop.
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Explanation
A third, shorter season, zaid, lies between the two.
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