The given political outline Map of India shows six places marked as A, B, C, D, E and F. Choose the correct 'alphabet' from the options based on the following information.
In which of the following place marked on the map, 'opium' was grown?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
D- Rajasthan
By the end of the nineteenth century, half the imports and exports of India passed through Bombay. One important item of trade was opium that the East India Company exported to China. Indian merchants and middlemen
supplied and participated in this trade and they helped integrate Bombay's economy directly into Malwa, Rajasthan and Sind where opium was grown.