The food crops of Bihar in order of the area cultivated are:
- AMaize, pulses, paddy, wheat
- BMaize, paddy, wheat, pulses
- CPaddy, wheat, maize, pulses
- DWheat, paddy, maize, pulses
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Correct answer: (c) Paddy, wheat, maize, pulses
Explanation
By area under cultivation, the food crops of Bihar rank:
- paddy (rice), the main kharif crop, on about 3.2 million hectares;
- wheat, the main rabi crop, on about 2.2 million hectares;
- maize, grown in all three seasons, especially in north Bihar;
- pulses, such as lentil, gram and arhar, on a smaller area.