Study the following two tables of data on Agriculture Import and Export of India during 1998-2001 and answer the following questions.
Question: 1
Which was the single largest contributor to the total agri exports in 2000-01? If the total agri exports were valued at US $ 6 billion, what is its contribution in dollar terms?
India has raised its domestic production of these commodities.
India's demand for these commodities has gone down.
India's gap in production and requirement of these commodities has gone down.
India's population consuming these commodities has gone down
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The Correct Option isC
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The correct option is (C): India's gap in production and requirement of these commodities has gone down.
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Question: 5
In some circles concerns were expressed that liberalization of imports, resulting from lifting of quantitative restrictions on agri products, would lead to surge of agri imports affecting the Indian farmers. What does the data depict?
The concerns were justified because India continued to import agri commodities.
The concerns were not justified because the value of agri imports in aggregate terms has come down during the period.
The concerns were justified because vegetable oil and pulses formed a major component of the imports.
The concerns were not justified because the total exports in aggregate terms were higher than the total imports in aggregate terms.
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The Correct Option isB
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The correct option is (B): The concerns were not justified because the value of agri imports in aggregate terms has come down during the period.
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Question: 6
Over the period under study both percentages of the total agri-exports to the total exports and that of the total agri-imports to the total imports show a downward trend. This indicates that