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GATE 2020 BT – Question 4

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Reading Comprehension and Narrative Sequencing · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Floods affected the summer-sown kharif crops. Officials believe this loss can be recovered through winter-sown rabi crops so the country can achieve its food-grain production target of 291 million tons for July–June 2019–2020. They hope July–August rains will retain soil moisture and help winter crops such as wheat and pulses during November–February. What can be inferred?

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

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Correct answer: (D) Officials hope the target will be met because of good rabi production.

Explanation

The passage describes a hoped-for recovery through rabi crops after kharif damage. It supports D. Hope is weaker than a declaration that the target will certainly be met, and the November–February period describes winter cropping rather than a new deadline for the annual July–June target.

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