Correct Answer - Option 4 : Soyabean
The correct answer is Soyabean.
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Soybean is a pulse as well as an Oilseed crop.
- Soybean is a legume crop and also is widely used as an oilseed.
- Due to very poor cookability on account of the inherent presence of trypsin inhibitor, it cannot be utilized as a pulse.
- It is now the second-largest oilseed in India after groundnut.
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Major crops of India:
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Kharif Crops: Sown in July and harvested in October. They include rice, jawar, bajra, maize, cotton, sugarcane, soybean, and groundnut.
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Rabi Crops: Sown in October and harvested in March/April. They include wheat, barley, gram, tur, rapeseed, and mustard.
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Zayad Crops: Sown from March to June. It includes watermelons, vegetables, moong, etc.
- Cowpea is a pulse.