Multiple choice

The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in:

  1. Orissa

  2. Chhota Nagpur

  3. Bijapur

  4. Golconda
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Explanation

The Kohinoor diamond was mined from the Kollur Mine in the Golconda region (present-day Andhra Pradesh). Golconda was famous for its diamond mines in medieval India and produced several legendary diamonds including the Kohinoor. The other options (Orissa, Chhota Nagpur, Bijapur) were not significant diamond mining regions in historical records.

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