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Which new farming tool let heavy clayey soil be turned better around 2500 years ago?

AStone digging hoe
BIron ploughshare
CWooden ploughshare
DBronze sickle blade
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Iron ploughshare
1. More grain could be grown. 2. Iron ploughshares were the change. 3. Paddy transplanting also raised yields. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 5, Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic._
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