Module 1: Pulses (I): Overview, Arhar and Gram
Concept
Subtopic 1.1: Pulse Crops of Bihar
- Current position (e-Statistics, final estimates 2024-25): pulses about 3.92 lakh t: masoor 1.38, moong 1.01, gram 0.64, khesari 0.32, arhar 0.19 lakh t. Leading pulse districts: Patna, Aurangabad, Nalanda (Economic Survey 2025-26).
- Pulses (dal) are a main component of the diet. The group includes gram, arhar, khesari, moong, masoor, urad and peas.
- Pulses are grown on about 12-13 lakh hectares in Bihar.
- Most pulses are grown as mixed crops together with rabi and kharif crops.
- Masoor, about 1.38 lakh t.
- Patna, then Aurangabad and Nalanda.
- Pulses are grown on about 12-13 lakh hectares in Bihar.
- Most pulses are grown as mixed crops with rabi and kharif crops.
- Linseed (tisi) is an oilseed; the pulses are gram, arhar, khesari, moong, masoor, urad and peas.
- Question: Which pulse had the largest output in Bihar in 2024-25? Answer: Masoor.
- Question: Which district leads Bihar in pulse production (Economic Survey 2025-26)? Answer: Patna.
- Question: About how much area is under pulses in Bihar? Answer: 12-13 lakh ha.
- Question: How are most pulses grown in Bihar? Answer: As mixed crops with rabi and kharif crops.
- Question: Which of these is NOT listed among the pulse crops? Answer: Linseed.
MCQs
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Question 1: Which pulse had the largest output in Bihar in 2024-25?
Question 2: Which district leads Bihar in pulse production (Economic Survey 2025-26)?
Question 3: About how much area is under pulses in Bihar?
Question 4: How are most pulses grown in Bihar?
Question 5: Which of these is NOT listed among the pulse crops?
One-liners
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Which pulse had the largest output in Bihar in 2024-25?
Masoor.Which district leads Bihar in pulse production (Economic Survey 2025-26)?
Patna.About how much area is under pulses in Bihar?
12-13 lakh ha.How are most pulses grown in Bihar?
As mixed crops with rabi and kharif crops.Which of these is NOT listed among the pulse crops?
Linseed.Concept
Subtopic 1.2: Arhar (Pigeon Pea)
- Arhar is sown with the kharif crop and harvested with the rabi crop.
- Arhar gives a good crop even on less fertile soil, so farmers sow it on marginal land or high ground near embankments.
- It needs no irrigation or fertiliser.
- Arhar is grown on about 83 thousand hectares, especially in Saran, Siwan, Gopalganj, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Begusarai, Munger, Bhojpur and Rohtas.
- Arhar is sown with kharif and harvested with rabi crops.
- Arhar does well on less fertile soil and needs no irrigation or fertiliser.
- Arhar is grown on about 83 thousand hectares.
- Question: Which pulse is sown with the kharif crop and harvested with the rabi crop? Answer: Arhar.
- Question: Why do farmers sow arhar on marginal land or high ground near embankments? Answer: It gives a good crop even on less fertile soil.
- Question: About how much land is under arhar in Bihar? Answer: 83 thousand ha.
MCQs
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Question 1: Which pulse is sown with the kharif crop and harvested with the rabi crop?
Question 2: Why do farmers sow arhar on marginal land or high ground near embankments?
Question 3: About how much land is under arhar in Bihar?
One-liners
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Which pulse is sown with the kharif crop and harvested with the rabi crop?
Arhar.Why do farmers sow arhar on marginal land or high ground near embankments?
It gives a good crop even on less fertile soil.About how much land is under arhar in Bihar?
83 thousand ha.Concept
Subtopic 1.3: Gram (Chana)
- Gram is the second major rabi crop after wheat. Besides dal it is used as sattu and besan.
- Gram needs clayey loam (matiyar domat) soil; it also does well in sandy clay soil.
- Gram is grown on about 1.4 to 2 lakh hectares every year (printed as "1.4 to 2 hectares").
- It is sown as a mixed crop with wheat, barley, linseed and mustard.
- Gram is the second major rabi crop after wheat.
- Gram needs clayey loam soil; sandy clay soil also gives a good crop.
- Gram is mixed with wheat, barley, linseed and mustard.
- Gram is also used as sattu and besan.
- Question: Gram is Bihar's second major rabi crop after which crop? Answer: Wheat.
- Question: Which soil is required for gram? Answer: Clayey loam (matiyar domat).
- Question: With which crops is gram sown as a mixed crop in Bihar? Answer: Wheat, barley, linseed, mustard.
- Question: Apart from dal, in which forms is gram commonly used? Answer: Sattu and besan.
MCQs
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Question 1: Gram is Bihar's second major rabi crop after which crop?
Question 2: Which soil is required for gram?
Question 3: With which crops is gram sown as a mixed crop in Bihar?
Question 4: Apart from dal, in which forms is gram commonly used?
One-liners
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Gram is Bihar's second major rabi crop after which crop?
Wheat.Which soil is required for gram?
Clayey loam (matiyar domat).With which crops is gram sown as a mixed crop in Bihar?
Wheat, barley, linseed, mustard.Apart from dal, in which forms is gram commonly used?
Sattu and besan.