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  The following table shows the land under cultivation in India in units of million hectares. Plot this on a graph paper. Cultivated area over the years

Year	Cultivated Area
1950	120
1960	130
1970	140
1980	140
1990	140
2000	140

(i) What does the graph show? (ii) Is it important to increase the area under irrigation? Why? (iii) You have read about the crops grown in Palampur. Fill the following table based on the information on the crops grown in your region.

Name of Crops

Month Sown

Month Harvested

Source of Irrigation (rain, takns, tube-wells, canals, etc)

Answer:

                  (i)                 The above graph shows the land under cultivation in India in units of million hectares. The graph shows that the land under cultivation in India was 120 million hectares in 1950 which rose to 140 million hectares in 1970 and remained constant at 140 million hectares till 2000. (ii) Yes, it is important to increase the land area under irrigation, firstly so that the farmers can do multiple cropping and grow more than one crop in a year and increase their production and earning and secondly, because use of HYV seeds needs plenty of water to give best results. (iii) Crop grown Source of

Name of Crops	Month Sown	Month Harvested	Source of Irrigation (rain, tanks, tube wells, canals, etc)
Wheat	October, December	April, June	Tube wells and canals
Rice	June, July	September, October	Rain, canals and tube wells
Jowar and Bajra	June, July	September, October	Rain, canals and tube wells