Question

The places where rice was first grown are located in_________.
A. North of the Vindhyas
B. Sulaiman Hills
C. On the banks of Ganga
D. The Gaxo Hills

Answer 1

Hint:Rice is a cereal grain that is the most consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia and Africa. It is the third-highest agricultural product in the world, after sugar and maize.

Complete answer:

Option A: The Vindhya Mountains are complex and discontinuous chains of ridges, hills, plateaus and highland cliffs in the Midwest of India, and today, the term mainly refers to a cliff that runs northward, almost parallel to the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh and the extension with its hills. Rice is said to have been cultivated in the North of Vindhyas first.

Option B: The Sulaiman Mountains are a range of mountains that rise from the eastern edge of the Iranian Plateau and the northeastern edge of the Balochistan Plateau.

Option C: Rice is the main crop grown in the Ganga-BrahmaPutra Basin due to its climate, and there is a fertile and abundant alluvial soil that is best suited for the growth of rice. Although it is a central crop in the Ganges region, it has long been thought that domestic rice cultivation did not reach South Asia until the end of the Indus era.

Option D: The Garo Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi range in Meghalaya. It is inhabited mainly by tribal peoples, most of whom are Garo people. The people who live in the Garo Hills are known as the Garos.

Therefore the correct answer is Option A: North of the Vindhyas.

Note: It should be noted that according to archaeological evidence, rice is believed to have originated in the Yangtze River region of China. From the end of the $3^{rd}$ millennium BC, rice cultivation expanded rapidly to the west beyond mainland Southeast Asia, India and Nepal.