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:
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
Correct Answer: more than half of the country's paddy procurement
Solution : The correct option is the second option.
Explanation:
Telangana's contribution to the national stock of paddy is stated in the passage as "The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has procured 52 lakh tonnes of paddy from Telangana alone, which is more than half of the national target of 91 lakh metric tonnes."
The passage explicitly mentions that procurement from Telangana alone constitutes more than half of the national target, clearly indicating that Telangana's contribution exceeds the halfway mark of the country's paddy procurement goal.
Therefore, the correct answer is, more than half of the country's paddy procurement.
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