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GATE 2020 BM – Question 4

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Floods have affected kharif (summer-sown) crops. Officials believe a good rabi (winter-sown) output can recover the production loss, allowing the country to achieve its 2019–2020 crop-year target of 291 million tonnes. They hope good July–August rains will retain soil moisture longer and help winter crops such as wheat and pulses during November–February. Which inference follows?

  1. Officials declared the target will be met due to good rains
  2. Officials want the target met by November–February
  3. Officials feel the target cannot be met due to floods
  4. Officials hope the target will be met due to good rabi produce

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Correct answer: (D) Officials hope the target will be met due to good rabi produce

Explanation

The passage expresses hope, not certainty, that a strong winter crop will compensate for summer losses. D captures both this qualification and the mechanism. A overstates hope as a declaration, B confuses the crop-growth period with a target deadline, and C contradicts the officials’ stated expectation.

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