Question 3 - Past Year Questions - 3 Marks - Chapter 4 Class 10 Geography - Agriculture - Geography

 Why the pulses are mostly grown in rotation with other crops? Name any two major pulse producing states?

Answer:

Points to remember

1. Pulses grow in arid environments and require less moisture.
2. They are leguminous , contributing to restoring soil fertility .( Except Arhar)
3. Major pulses are grown in India : tur (arhar), urad, moong, masur, peas and gram. 
4. Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh - pulse-producing states in India.

Answer to be written in the Exam

1. Pulses may grow in arid environments and require less moisture.  
2. All of these plants, which are leguminous, contribute to restore soil fertility by fixing nitrogen from the air known as nitrogen fixation . So,b ecause of nitrogen fixation, it is grown in rotation with other crops .
3. Major pulses are grown in India : tur (arhar), urad, moong, masur, peas and gram. 
4. Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh are the two main pulse-producing states in India.