alleryStart learning →Maize reached India in the seventeenth century by which route?
AVia Africa and Spain
BVia China and Tibet
CVia Persia and Central Asia
DVia Burma and Siam
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Via Africa and Spain
Maize (makka) came into India via Africa and Spain and was soon a major crop of western India.
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