Multiple choice

Contribution of agriculture to national income is more than all other activities put together.

Directions: A passage is given below which is followed by an inference that can be drawn from the facts stated in the passage. You have to examine the inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity. 

In the overall economy of India, agriculture is the largest sector of economic activity. It plays a crucial role in the country's economic development by providing food to its people and raw materials to industry. It accounts for the largest share to the national income. The share of the various agricultural commodities, annual husbandry and ancillary activities has been more than 40 percent since independence. During the decade of the fifties, it actually contributed about half of the national output.

  1. If the inference is ‘Definitely True’, i.e. it properly follows from the given facts

  2. If the inference is ‘Probably True’ though not ‘definitely true’ in the light of the facts given

  3. If the 'Data are Inadequate', i.e. from the facts given you cannot say whether the inference is likely to be true or false

  4. If the inference is ‘Probably False’ though not ‘definitely false’ in the light of the facts given

  5. If the inference is ‘Definitely False’, i.e. it cannot possibly be drawn from the facts given or it contradicts the given facts
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Explanation

The passage clearly states that agriculture's contribution 'has been more than 40 percent since independence' and 'contributed about half of the national output' in the 1950s. This directly supports the inference that agriculture contributed more than all other activities combined during that period. The data is explicit and supports a 'Definitely True' conclusion.

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