How much contribution agriculture sector makes in the Gross Domestic Product of India?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 1/3
Note: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. However, this answer appears to be wrong: the textbook says that agriculture used to be by far the largest contributor, but ‘today it only contributes about one-sixth of the gross domestic product’, which supports Option (4), 1/6, as explained below.
Option (2) 1/3 — Correct as per the NTA answer key; however, it should have been Incorrect. Agriculture’s share of the gross domestic product today is about one-sixth, not one-third.
Option (4) 1/6 — Should be Correct, but has been taken as Incorrect as per the NTA answer key. Agriculture used to be by far the largest contributor to the country, but today it only contributes about one-sixth of the gross domestic product. The majority of people still live in the rural areas and make their living out of agriculture, but the relative economic value of what they produce has fallen drastically.
NCERT (2025-26): “2.6 Rural-Urban Differences … Agriculture used to be by far the largest contributor to the country, but today it only contributes about one-sixth of the gross domestic product. While the majority of our people live in the rural areas and make their living out of agriculture, the relative economic value of what they produce has fallen drastically. Moreover, more and more people who live in villages may no longer work in agriculture or even in the village.…” |