Multiple choice

If you had lived in India in 2500 B.C.E., where would you most likely have chosen to settle?

  1. on the Deccan Plateau

  2. in the Hindu Kush mountains

  3. near the Brahmaputra river

  4. in the Thar Desert
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Early human civilizations almost always settled near rivers because they provided freshwater, fertile soil for farming, and transportation. The Brahmaputra River valley offered a much more hospitable environment for agriculture and survival than deserts, high mountains, or dry plateaus.

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