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Question 2 :
What is the author trying to convey through the phrase “making the government’s 7% GDP growth target look “a bit rich” ?
AIndia is unlikely to achieve the targeted growth rate

BAllocation of funds to agriculture has raised India’s chances of having a high GDP
CAgricultural growth has artificially inflated India’s GDP and such growth is not real
DIndia is likely to have one of the highest GDP growth rates
EA large portion of India’s GDP is contributed by agriculture

Question 4 :
What prompted leaders throughout the world to take action to boost the agriculture sector in 2008?
ACoercive tactics by the U.S. which restricted food aid to poor nations.
BThe realization of the link between food security and political stability

CAwareness that performance in agriculture is necessary in order to achieve the targeted GDP
DReports that high-growth countries likeChina and India were boosting their agriculture sectors to capture the international markets
ETheir desire to influence developing nations to slow down their industrial development.

Question 5 :
What motivated the U.S. to focus on investing in agriculture across the globe ?
ATo make developing countries become more reliant on U.S. aid
BTo ensure grain surpluses so that the U.S. had no need to import food
CTo make those countries more selfsufficient to whom it previously provided food

DTo establish itself in the market before the high-growth giants such as India and China could establish themselves
ENone of these

Question 6 :
What impact did the economic recession of 2008 have on agriculture ?
AGovernments equated economic stability with industrial development and shifted away from agriculture
BLack of implementation of several innovative agriculture programmes owing to shortage of funds
CIt prompted increased investment and interest in agriculture

DThe GDP as targeted by India was never achieved because of losses in agriculture
ENone of these

BRural development outstripped urban development in many parts of Africa
CBreaking out of protests in the country and the fear that the government would topple
DBlind imitation of western models of development
ENone of these

Question 15 :
Which of the phrases(1), (2),(3) and (4) given below each statement should be placed in the blank space provided so as to make a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence ? If none of the sentences is appropriate, mark (5) i.e. ‘None of these’ as the answer.

Refuting the rationale behind frequent agitations for formation of separate States, a recent report
Aproved that such agitations result in loss of governmental property
Bindicated that the formation of small states does not necessarily improve the economy

Csuggested that only large scale agitations have been effective in bringing out desired change in the past
Drecommended dividing large States into smaller ones to improve governance
ENone of these

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