Q. Which one of the following Neolithic sites in India is well-known for providing the earliest evidence of rice cultivation and handmade crude pottery, along with circular huts?
Answer: C
Notes:
Explanation:
Koldihwa (Allahabad, UP) evidences one of the oldest rice cultivations, crude handmade pottery, and circular huts. Burzahom (Kashmir) has pit dwellings and dogs in graves; Mehrgarh (Pakistan) shows sun-dried bricks, wheat, and settled life; Chirand (Bihar) features bone tools/weapons. Neolithic agriculture prioritized barley (first), wheat (second), rice (third), with Lahuradeva as potential earliest rice site per new research.
