Which among the following products is not usually exported from India?

The answer is D) Pulses. India is a chronic net importer of pulses such as tur, urad, masur and chana, sourced mainly from Canada, Myanmar, Australia and parts of Africa. Domestic shortfalls, not surplus, drive trade in this group, so pulses are not a regular export.

• Rice (B): India is among the world's largest rice exporters, covering both basmati and non-basmati varieties. Wrong.
• Sugar (C): India exports sugar in surplus years, under quotas set by DGFT and the government. Wrong.
• Wheat (A): Exports were negligible and tightly restricted in the 2010s, so this option is the closest competitor. It is a weaker answer than pulses because India's import dependence on pulses is structural and long-standing, while wheat exports were only occasional. Wheat exports have since been banned (from May 2022), which is a later change.

The core concept is India's food trade balance: surplus crops (rice, sugar) versus deficit crops (pulses, edible oils). This links directly to Mains GS-3 questions on agricultural trade, food security and the role of DGFT export policy.

Trap: Aspirants pick wheat because of the later export ban. The question asks what is usually not exported, and pulses are the consistently deficit item.