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Stones present in rice can be removed by:

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sieving

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handpicking

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threshing

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winnowing

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Solution

The correct option is B
handpicking

Handpicking is a method to manually remove slightly larger and easily recognisable impurities like pieces of stones from rice, and pulses.
The size of stones is usually larger than that of rice. Hence, handpicking is preferred in this case.

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