During the colonial rule in India, opium was produced in _____.

Rajasthan

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Delhi

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Goa

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Bengal

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Solution

The correct option is D Bengal
The British East India Company established a monopoly on opium cultivation in the Indian province of Bengal, where they developed a method of growing opium poppies cheaply and abundantly.

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