GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: In 1979 lack of rain reduced India's rice production to

In 1979 lack of rain reduced India's rice production to about 41 million tons, nearly 25 percentless than those of the 1978 harvest.

(A) less than those of the 1978 harvest

(B) less than the 1978 harvest

(C) less than 1978

(D) fewer than 1978

(E) fewer than that of India's 1978 harvest

Production is non countable so less than is correct,leading out Option D,E.
Option A: This version exhibits redundant word choice.The pronoun those refers to the tons of the 1978 harvest. Both harvests are

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