Question

Which one of the following conditions is not essential to grow maize?
A)High temperature
B)Humidity
C)Low temperature
D)Rainfall

Answer 1

Maize is said to be one of the major staple foods throughout the world, and it is usually composed of one only seed and it is yellow in colour externally and triangular in shape. At one side of the grain, it possesses a small opaque oval-shaped whitish structure, in which the embryo shows its existence.

Complete answer:
Maize is commonly termed as corn and it is a cereal food. Along with wheat and rice, maize is also a one of the main staple foods which people are consuming throughout the world. Usually, maize is taken by humans directly and it is also utilized for the purpose of corn ethanol, corn starch, and corn syrup and also for animal feed. The maize plant is usually 3 meters in length and some naturally develops up to the length of 13 meters.
Maize is a kind of kharif crop so let us see conditions for kharif crops:
In India, the rainy season is usually known as to start from June to the end of October. These kharif crops are sown at the very beginning of the rainy season when the first rain starts means they are grown at the beginning of monsoon season and harvested at the end of monsoon season so it is clear that they require heavy rainfall and low temperature. Rice, maize, pulses such as urad, moong dal and millets are usually included among the main kharif crops.

Some more examples that are included in these crops are: sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, arhar, soybean, groundnut (oil seeds), Cotton, etc.
Kharif crops are also known as Autumn crops due to the reason that they require some amount of humidity. They are domesticated plants that are developed in countries like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh during the time of Indian subcontinent monsoon season.
These crops are totally influenced by the quantity of rain and its timing as well. The quality and quantity of crops can get influenced. by too little or too much raining.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C)

Note: Kharif crops are totally opposite of rabi crops on the character of the timing of their cultivation as rabi crops are the crops sown in the dry season, that is, in winters. Some examples of Rabi crops include: Wheat, barley, oats (cereals), chicken pea, linseed, mustard, etc.
Apart from rabi and kharif crops, there is one more type of crop that is present called Zaid which includes the seasonal fruits, vegetables, and fodder crops, etc.