Question : Comprehension: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. With an impressive growth in yields, Telangana now claims to be transforming into the rice bowl of India. The Food Corporation of India (FCl) has procured 52 lakh tonnes of paddy from Telangana alone, which is more than half of the national target of 91 lakh tonnes. The state's harvests have nearly doubled in a year. Paddy production is up 93%, maize 95%, and cotton 74%, according to the Telangana Planning Department.
The state is also making its mark as a producer of paddy seed. "About 85% of our village's paddy is of a fine variety that farmers in MP, Haryana, Bengal, and Bihar use as seed," said a farmer in Anksapur Village in Nizamabad district. The seed crop sells at a premium over the state's minimum support price for paddy.
Question: According to the passage, in one year, the harvests in the state of Telangana have:
Option 1: remained the same
Option 2: almost doubled
Option 3: decreased sharply
Option 4: increased many times
Correct Answer: almost doubled
Solution : The correct option is the second option.
Explanation: The passage mentions that paddy production is up by 93%, maize by 95%, and cotton by 74%, according to the Telangana Planning Department. These significant percentage increases indicate a substantial rise in harvests across various crops, suggesting that the harvests in Telangana have almost doubled in just one year.
Therefore, the correct answer is, almost doubled.
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Question: What are the main crops of Telangana, according to the details in the passage?
Option 1: Paddy seed, cotton, and maize
Option 2: Rice, paddy, and cotton
Option 3: Paddy, paddy seed, and maize
Option 4: Cotton, maize, and paddy
Question: Telangana's contribution to the national stock of paddy is:
Option 1: one-third of the country's procurement target
Option 2: more than half of the country's paddy procurement
Option 3: less than half of the nation's rice procurement
Option 4: half of the nation's procurement target
Question: "The state is also making its mark as a producer of paddy seed." The expression underlined in the sentence means that the state is:
Option 1: drawing a mark on the map of India for paddy seeds
Option 2: trying to become number one in producing paddy seeds
Option 3: being praised for producing quality paddy seeds
Option 4: being noticed or recognised as a major supplier of paddy seeds
Question: What is the main idea or theme of this passage?
Option 1: Telangana's yields of paddy have exceeded all expectations.
Option 2: Recently, Telangana has seen a huge increase in the quantity of agricultural products.
Option 3: The state of Telangana has emerged as a significant contributor to the growth of agriculture in the country.
Option 4: Telangana has already become the 'Rice Bowl of India'.
Question : Directions: Pointing to the photograph of a man Gopesh, a lady said, "His daughter's father's mother's only daughter's husband's father's only son is the husband of my husband's sister". If Gopesh is the only son of his parents, how is the lady related to Gopesh?
Option 1: Sister
Option 2: Wife
Option 3: Niece
Option 4: Mother
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