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UPSC Prelims 1990 · Agriculture · Farm Money
Consider the following commodities:
- Tea
- Cotton cloth
- Cereals
- Edible oils
- Sugarcane Among these, whose per capita availability has remained more or less static between 1980-81 and 1987-88 in India?
- (a) 1, 2 and 3
- (b) 1, 2, 3 and 4
- (c) 1, 4 and 5
- (d) 2, 3, 4 and 5
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: (d) 2, 3, 4 and 5
Cloth, cereals, edible oils and sugarcane were roughly static.
Statement by statement
1. ✗ ROSE Tea consumption per head grew.
2. ✓ STATIC Cotton cloth availability stayed flat.
3. ✓ STATIC Cereals per head stayed around the same.
4. ✓ STATIC Edible oils stayed flat.
5. ✓ STATIC Sugarcane stayed flat.
Why the others are wrong
(a) Includes tea.
(b) Includes tea.
(c) Includes tea and drops cotton cloth and cereals.
The trap
None — a data recall question.
🔒 Per-capita food availability is a classic Economic Survey table.