Multiple choice

The share of agriculture in India's national income has __________ over the years.

  1. remained constant

  2. decreased

  3. increased

  4. first decreased and then increased
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B Correct answer
Explanation

India's agricultural sector has seen its share of national income decline steadily over the decades due to structural transformation of the economy. As the industrial and services sectors have grown much faster than agriculture, agriculture's contribution to GDP has fallen from over 50% at independence to around 15-18% today. This is a normal pattern of economic development - the relative importance of agriculture declines as economies modernize.

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