Multiple choice

If some one travels from Kolkata to Delhi through the Gangetic plain, he would notice that the cultivation of wheat

  1. decreases

  2. increases

  3. first decreases and then increases

  4. first increases and then decreases
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B Correct answer
Explanation

As one travels from Kolkata to Delhi through the Gangetic plain, the climate becomes drier and more continental. West Bengal (near Kolkata) has high rainfall suitable for rice, while areas toward Delhi have lower rainfall more suitable for wheat. Thus wheat cultivation increases.

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