Major areas of rice production are:
A. Bihar
B. Karnataka
C. West Bengal
D. Chhattisgarh
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A, C and D only
(A) Bihar — Correct. Bihar is a major rice area.
(B) Karnataka — Incorrect. Karnataka is only a minor rice area.
(C) West Bengal — Correct. West Bengal is one of the leading rice producing states. Its farmers grow three crops of rice: aus, aman and boro.
(D) Chhattisgarh — Correct. Chhattisgarh is a major rice area.
Note: The rice lines never name Bihar or Chhattisgarh. Only the dark shading on the rice map does, so look at the colours on every map.
NCERT (2026-27): “Rice … India contributes 22.07 per cent of rice production in the world and ranked second after China in 2018. About one-fourth of the total cropped area in the country is under rice cultivation. West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab are the leading rice producing states in the country.”
Fig. 3.3 : India – Distribution of Rice |
