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GATE 2020 ST – Question 4

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

Floods damaged summer-sown kharif crops. Officials believe winter-sown rabi output can recover the lost production so the country reaches its291-million-ton food-grain target for2019–20(July–June). They hope July–August rain will retain soil moisture and help wheat and pulses in November–February. Which inference follows?

  1. Officials declared the target will be met because of good rains.
  2. Officials want the annual target met by November–February.
  3. Officials believe floods make the target impossible.
  4. Officials hope good rabi production will enable the target to be met.

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

Explanation

The officials express a hope that winter production will offset summer losses, which is D. The passage makes neither a guaranteed declaration nor a claim that the target is impossible. It also defines an annual crop year, not a February completion deadline.

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