Question

The Kufri Bahar is a prominent variety of:

• A. Sunflower
• B. Cotton
• C. Potato
• D. Tobacco

Hint:

Recall which crop's varieties are traditionally named after the town of Kufri in Himachal Pradesh.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

This question tests knowledge of Indian varietal naming conventions used by national crop research institutes.

1. Sunflower: Sunflower varieties released in India do not use the "Kufri" prefix, so this option does not match the naming pattern.
2. Cotton: Cotton varieties are usually named after the breeding centre or given alphanumeric codes, again without the "Kufri" prefix.
3. Potato: Every "Kufri" named variety, including Kufri Bahar, Kufri Jyoti and Kufri Chandramukhi, comes from the ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute at Shimla, which uses "Kufri" as its standard variety prefix for potato.
4. Tobacco: Tobacco varieties in India carry separate names such as Kanchan, and do not use the "Kufri" prefix either.

Since the "Kufri" prefix is reserved for potato varieties bred by CPRI, Kufri Bahar has to be a potato variety.

Let's summarize:

• "Kufri" is the standard prefix used only for potato varieties from CPRI, Shimla.
• Other crops mentioned in the options use entirely different naming systems.

So Kufri Bahar is a variety of potato.