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Crop which was not known to Vedic people is?

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Previous Year Paper GK Questions and Answers:Agriculture in Vedic Perid     Pre-Historic Period-Question 36 Daily Online General Knowledge Quiz:Previous year paper gk questions with answers and explanation in English on Indian History of Pre-Historic Period. Q36. The crop which was not known to Vedic people is? A. Barley B. Wheat C. rice D. tobacco Show Answer tobacco Note: Tobacco was introduced in India by the Portuguese . 🔑 Key Points ✔Tobacco was not known by the people of the Vedic period . During this period, economic activity was dominated by agriculture . ✔ The Vedic period, or Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE) , is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India when the Vedic literature, including the Vedas (ca. 1300–900 BCE), was composed in the northern Indian subcontinent, between the end of the Urban Indus Valley Civilisation and a second urbanisation which began in th