With reference to pulse production in India, consider the following statements:1.Black gram can be cultivated as both kharif and rabi crop.2.Green-gram alone accounts for nearly half of pulse production.3.In the last three decades, while the production of kharif pulses has increased the production of rabi pulses has decreased.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. A

   1 only

   1 only. Black gram (urad) is grown in both kharif and rabi. Green gram is not half of pulse output (gram/chana leads). Rabi pulse output has not fallen as a class for three decades.

2. B

   2 and 3 only

   2 and 3 only. Both fail.

3. C

   2 only

   2 only. False share.

4. D

   1, 2 and 3

   All three. 2 and 3 fail.

Summary. Official key is (a) 1 only. Urad is a kharif and a rabi crop. Tur/gram, not moong, dominate production. Rabi pulses (especially gram) have not been in a three-decade collapse as stated.