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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2019 — General Studies · Question 26 of 200

Q26
History of India
Which among the following places have given the earliest evidence of agriculture in the Indian sub-continent?
  1. a.Pratapgarh
  2. b.Mehrgarh
  3. c.Quetta
  4. d.Kalat

Answer: (B) Mehrgarh

Mehrgarh, in present-day Balochistan (Pakistan), has yielded the earliest known evidence of settled farming and animal domestication in the Indian subcontinent, with occupation layers dating back to around 7000 BCE.

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