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Important varieties of rice are Jamuna, Karuna, Jaya, Kanchi, Jagannath, Krishna, Kaveri, Hansa, Vijaya, Padma, Annapurna, Bala and Ratna.
Pusa Sugandha-5 is an aromatic variety of rice.
Barani deep, Narendra Sankar, Narendra Shuska Samrat, Lalmati etc are varieties of rice.
Pusa RH-10 is a hybrid variety of Basmati Rice. Other hybrid varieties are PHB-71, Ganga, Suruchi, KRH-2, Sahyadri-4 etc.
The proper seed ratio for transplanting of Basmati Rice is W() 15-20 Kg per hectare.
Assertion(A): Punjab is a major exporter of rice.
Reason(R): This state leads in the rice production.
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Punjab is one of the major rice-producing States in India and exports rice to other states of India. According to data of Agricultural Statistics at a Glance 2022, during the year 2021- 22 (4 A.E.) West Bengal is the leading/largest producer of rice followed by Uttar Pradesh at second place and Punjab is the third largest rice producing state. Thus, assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false, when the question was asked. Now option (a) stands correct as per data.
Blue-green algae, Azospirillum, Phosphobacteria, Azolla, etc. are used as biofertilizers for rice crop.
Reason (R): The Eastern coast receives more rainfall than the Western coast.
The western coast receives more rainfall than the eastern coast because the western coast is narrower than the eastern coast and has high altitude mountain than eastern coast. The reason for rice production being more in the eastern coast is its suitable climate, soil and rainfall.
