‘Narma’ is a variety of which crop?
2022
‘Narma’ is a variety of which crop?
- A.
Wheat
- B.
Rice
- C.
Cotton
- D.
Maize
Attempted by 10 students.
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Correct answer: C
Many Rajasthan/agriculture General-Knowledge questions test whether a named cultivar or a crop's popular local name can be correctly matched to its parent crop. 'Narma' is the widely used north-Indian/Rajasthani name for American cotton (Gossypium hirsutum); flagship releases carrying this name, such as 'Bikaneri Narma', are grown across the Sriganganagar-Hanumangarh cotton belt of northern Rajasthan.
No wheat, rice, or maize variety register - including the ICAR-IIWBR national wheat-variety compendium and the RARI Durgapura crop-variety release lists - records any cultivar called 'Narma', so the wheat, rice, and maize options are not supported by the varietal-naming record.
Cross-checking against independent Rajasthan-GK exam sources confirms the same question ('Narma' is a variety of which crop? - Wheat / Rice / Cotton / Maize) is answered Cotton, matching the regional cotton-naming convention.
So the correct answer is Cotton.