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Consider the following pairs of crops and varieties and select the pair which is not correctly matched

A. Barley : Clipper

B. Cotton : Sujata

C. Cowpea : Pusa Phalguni

D. Green gram : UPAS-120

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Clipper is the variety of barley. It is the dominant variety of barley for around 20 years. It takes 135 - 140 days to mature. It is suitable for malt production and brewing.

Sujata is a new high spinning cotton variety grown mostly in Tamil Nadu. It proves good quality fibres and is capable of spinning 100 counts and was comparable to several other Egyptian and Sudan varieties.

Pusa Phalguni is the dwarf variety of Cowpea that takes 60 days to mature. And is suitable for sowing in February and March.

UPAS-120 is the extra early maturing variety of pigeon pea, not green gram.

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