Consider the following pairs: Historical Place Well known for 1. Bori Earliest documented Lower Palaeolithic tephra and stone tool site in Maharashtra 2. Koldihwa Early global evidence of cultivated rice along with cord-marked pottery 3. Mahadaha Mesolithic site yielding bone ornaments, double burials, and butchering areas Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? |ForumIAS

[A] 1 only

[B] 1 and 2 only

[C] 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3

Answer: D

Notes:

Explanation:

Pair 1 is correctly matched: Bori in Pune district, Maharashtra, is known for volcanic tephra deposits associated with early Lower Palaeolithic stone tools.
Pair 2 is correctly matched: Koldihwa in the Belan Valley, UP, yielded rice husk imprints embedded in clay pottery, providing some of the earliest evidence of rice cultivation in South Asia ().
Pair 3 is correctly matched: Mahadaha in Pratapgarh district, UP, is a key Mesolithic site that yielded bone arrowheads, earrings, necklaces, butchering floors, and dual burials.