Consider the following statements : 1. The Government of India provides Minimum Support Price for niger (Guizotia abyssinica) seeds. 2. Niger is cultivated as a Kharif crop. 3. Some tribal people in India use niger seed oil for cooking. How many of the above statements are correct?

Defines oilseeds as a crop group and gives examples (groundnut, rapeseed, soybean, sunflower) and notes groundnut is largely a rainfed kharif crop in drylands.

A student could compare niger (an oilseed) climate/soil needs and its growing regions on a map to those dryland, rainfed kharif oilseed zones to judge if niger fits the kharif pattern.

States that oilseeds are among the dominant crops in the kharif season (lists 'rice, maize, millets, bajra, ragi, oilseeds, and pulses').

Use this general rule that many oilseeds are kharif to hypothesize niger (an oilseed) may also be cultivated in kharif and then check regional seasonality for niger.

Gives a clear definition of kharif crops: sown with onset of monsoon and harvested in Sept-Oct, and lists main kharif crops including oilseed examples (groundnut).

A student can test whether niger's sowing and harvesting calendar aligns with monsoon timing to infer if it is grown as a kharif crop.

Gives examples of oilseed crops with seasonal variation (e.g., sesamum is kharif in north, rabi in south; castor both seasons), showing that oilseeds can be kharif depending on region.

Compare niger's regional cultivation areas with these seasonal patterns (north/south patterns) to predict whether it is kharif in those regions.

Explains environmental requirements of a typical kharif crop (high temperature, high humidity, reliance on southwest monsoon) using rice as an example.

Check whether niger's temperature and rainfall requirements overlap with monsoon conditions to infer suitability as a kharif crop.

This snippet explicitly lists 'Niger' among the common oil seed crops, implying it is an oil-bearing seed crop.

A student could note that if niger is an oilseed crop, communities growing it may press it for oil and then check regional cultivation maps or ethnographic reports for tribal areas where niger is grown.

Defines oil-bearing crops and explicitly includes 'niger seed' as an example of oilseeds used to extract edible and industrial oils.

Combine this with knowledge that tribal groups often use locally available edible oils to infer niger oil could be used locally for cooking in areas where it grows.

States that most listed oilseeds are edible and used as cooking mediums, establishing a general pattern that oilseeds commonly supply cooking oils.

A student could apply this general rule to niger (an oilseed in other snippets) and then check if niger cultivation overlaps tribal regions to assess plausibility.

Notes that many tribal areas rely on shifting and rudimentary cultivation with low yields and depend on local crops, implying reliance on locally available agricultural products.

Use this to hypothesize that tribal communities in niger-growing zones might use locally produced niger oil for household needs, then verify with regional ethnographic sources.