[Solved] Crop sown soon after the onset of South-West monsoon in India is called :

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Q.	Crop sown soon after the onset of South-West monsoon in India is called :
A.	Rabi
B.	Kharif
C.	Rainfed
D.	Dry farming
Answer» B. Kharif
Explanation: Kharif crops refer to the planting, cultivation and harvesting of any domesticated plant sown in the rain} (monsoon) season on the Asian subcontinent. Suet crops are planted for autumn harvest and may alsc be called the summer or monsoon crop in India and Pakistan. Kharlf crops are usually sown with the ginning of the first rains in July, during the south-west monsoon season.

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