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Topic Cropping seasons
Asked 5 times across 3 UPSC exams over 46 years (1979–2025), peaking in 2013.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 3 of 5 PYQs
- Most asked in 2013
- Recurs across 5 years (1979–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 1979 → GEO 2024 → CISF 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 5) are since 2016.
Related concepts
Ideas UPSC tests alongside this one — keep exploring.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CISF2025
Which of the following is/are Kharif crop/crops in India ?
- Cotton
- Gram
- Mustard
- Rapeseed. Select the answer
using the code given below :
- A 1 only ✓
- B 1 and 2
- C 3 and 4
- D 4 only
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Agriculture › Crops & Cropping Systems
GEO2024
Which of the following statements regarding groundnut cultivation in India is/are correct ?
- Groundnut is a Rabi crop
- Gujarat is an important state for Groundnut cultivation. Select the answer
using the code given below :
- A 1 only
- B 2 only ✓
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Agriculture › Crops & Cropping Systems
CSE2020
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 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
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Agriculture › Crops & Cropping Systems
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