Growth rate in crop sector of Madhya Pradesh for the year 2016-17 is
- (a)28.12
- (b)04.85
- (c)39.85
- (d)34.14
Correct — D, 34.14. Per the official answer (drawn from the Madhya Pradesh Economic Survey), the growth rate of the state's crop sector for the year 2016-17 is taken as 34.14%. The figure reflects a strong crop-sector performance that year.
- (a)28.12 — Not the crop-sector growth figure recorded for 2016-17 in the official source.
- (b)04.85 — Much lower than the recorded 2016-17 crop-sector figure of 34.14.
- (c)39.85 — Overstates the official 2016-17 crop-sector growth figure.
Madhya Pradesh recorded notably high agricultural growth in the 2010s, driven by its crop sector (wheat, pulses, soybean). The state's Economic Survey reports year-wise sectoral growth rates such as the 2016-17 crop-sector figure.
This is a data-recall question tied to the MP Economic Survey. The official answer gives the 2016-17 crop-sector growth as 34.14%.
- The figure is sourced from the Madhya Pradesh Economic Survey.
- Crop sector = the crop (agriculture) component of the state economy.
- MP saw high farm-sector growth through the 2010s.
- The 2016-17 crop-sector growth per the key is 34.14%.
- Guessing the exact percentage without the Economic Survey figure
- Confusing crop-sector with overall agricultural or GSDP growth
Data recall from the MP Economic Survey.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which is the largest food crop of Madhya Pradesh by production?
- (a)Wheat
- (b)Rice
- (c)Maize
- (d)Bajra
Answer(a) Wheat.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Madhya Pradesh is the leading Indian producer of which oilseed/pulse crop?
- (a)Soybean (and gram/pulses)
- (b)Groundnut
- (c)Mustard only
- (d)Sunflower
Answer(a) Soybean (and gram/pulses).