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Areas receiving how much annual rainfall were generally rice-producing zones?
A10 inches or more
B100 inches or more
C20 inches or less
D40 inches or more
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. 40 inches or more
1. Rice, wheat and millets followed a rainfall scale.
2. Forty inches or more meant rice.
3. Monsoons were the backbone of farming.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 8, Peasants, Zamindars and the State: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire._
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