Geography
Pulses are important crops because they
- compliment the India starch-rich diet.
- are rich source of protein.
- fix atmospheric nitrogen.
- All of the above.
Indian Agriculture Food Crops
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Answer
All of the above.
Reason — Pulses provide vegetable protein that complements the starchy Indian diet, and being leguminous crops they fix atmospheric nitrogen in the soil and increase its natural fertility. Hence, all the given options are correct.
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