Which of the following conditions is/are essential for wheat cultivation? 1. Optimum temperature during growing period is around 30°C 2. A frost-free period of about 100 days 3. Light clay or heavy loam soil Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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2019 · Q37

Which of the following conditions is/are essential for wheat cultivation?

1Optimum temperature during growing period is around 30°C
2A frost-free period of about 100 days
3Light clay or heavy loam soil

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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A1, 2 and 3
B1 and 2 only
C2 and 3 only
D1 only

Explanation

Wheat is a rabi crop needing moderate temperatures - the optimum during the growing period is around 15-25 C, not 30 C - so statement 1 is wrong. It needs a frost-free growing period of about 100 days (2 is correct) and grows best in well-drained light clay or heavy loam soils (3 is correct). Hence 2 and 3 only - C. The stored key B has been corrected per UPSC's official answer key.