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Agriculture in India : Food Crops — Geography STD 10 — Question

ICSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10GeographyAgriculture in India : Food Crops2 Marks
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Pulses are grown as rotation crops.
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Answer

(i) Leguminous plants (pulses) are capable of nitrogen fixing due to the presence of nodules on their roots in which rhizobium bacteria do this work.
(ii) Thus, they help to improve the quality of soil, and make nitrogen available for next crop.

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