Q152
Geography (incl. West Bengal)Agriculture & Livestock
‘Rice Bowl’ of India is
- a.the Brahmaputra-Assam Valley
- b.the Krishna-Godavari Basin
- c.the Narmada Valley
- d.the Sindh Province of Punjab
Answer: (B) the Krishna-Godavari Basin
The Krishna–Godavari delta in Andhra Pradesh, with its fertile alluvium and canal irrigation from the Godavari and Krishna barrages, is called the 'Rice Bowl of India'. The Brahmaputra valley of Assam grows rice too, but it is better known for tea. The Narmada valley is a rift valley known for wheat, cotton and soybean on black soil. Sindh is a province of Pakistan in its own right, not part of Punjab, so (D) is wrong as worded.