Question

Muslim Fakir Baba Budan, he planted coffee seedlings for the first time in the hills of?
a. Chikkaballapur
b. Chikkamagaluru
c. Bengaluru
d. Shivamogga

Answer 1

Hint:
It is a region in the province of Karnataka. Coffee was first developed here.

Complete solution:
Coffee was brought into India through the Chikmagalur locale when the primary coffee crop was filled in the baba budan giri range during 1670 AD.

The mountains in Chikmagalur are a piece of the Western Ghats. These are the wellspring of streams like Tunga and Bhadra. Mullayanagiri, which is the most noteworthy top in Karnataka is situated in the area. It is a vacationer's heaven containing slope stations. Stations like Kemmanagundi and Kudremukh and cascades like Manikyadhara, Hebbe, Kallathigiri. Chikmagalur locale has a rich history as is found in the Hoysala sanctuary at Amrithapura.

Chikmagalur is where the Hoysala rulers began and spent the beginning of their administration. As per a legend, it was at Sosevur, presently related to Angadi in Mudigere Taluk that Sala, the originator of the Hoysala line, slaughtered the unbelievable tiger, deified in the Hoysala peak. It is realized that Veera Ballala II (1173 – 1220 CE), the extraordinary lord of Hoysala realm, has assembled the Amriteshwara sanctuary at Amrithapura in Tarikere Taluk.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
 As per the article Origins of Coffee, the holy person Baba Budan on his journey to Mecca went through the seaport of Mocha, Yemen where he found coffee. To acquaint its taste with India, he wrapped seven espresso beans around his stomach and got them out of Arabia. On his return, he planted the beans in the slopes of Chikmagalur.