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Group the following and tabulate them as energy yielding, protein yielding, oil yielding and fodder crop: Wheat, Rice, berseem, Maize Gram, Oat, Pigeon gram, Sudan grass, Lentil, Soybean, Groundnut, Castor and mustard.

The following match is as follows:

(i) Energy yielding crop: Wheat, Rice, Maize, Oat.


Wheat, rice Maize and Oats are cereals and are good source of carbohydrate.


(ii) Protein yielding crop: Gram, Pigeon gram, Lentil.


Legumes also known as pulses are rich source of protein.


(iii) Oil yielding crop: Groundnut, Castor, Soybean Mustard.


Mustard, sunflower, Groudnut, Soybean and castor are oil producing seeds and are grown commercialy.


(iv) Fodder crop: Berseem, Oat , Sudan grass.


The fodder crops are grown for the production of fodder for animas.


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