Question

Athira and Devika are colleagues. Athira prefers to eat food items like roti, dal, parantha which is native to her place. Devika prefers to eat food items like rice, dosa, idli, sambar which is the food of her native place.
Statement 1: Athira is native to North India.
Statement 2: Devika is native to South India.
Analyse the statements above and choose the correct answer.

• A. Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.
• B. Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.
• C. Both the statements are true.
• D. Both the statements are false.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Both the statements are true.

$\bullet$ Climate in states like in like Andra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Kerala are more suitable for rice cultivation and thus, people prefer rice as major food source compared to other cereals such as maize, bajra and wheat.
$\bullet$ Climatic conditions in northern parts of India like Rajasthan, Gurarat, Punjab are more suitable for wheat, maize, bajra cultivation and therefore people prefer roti and chappati.