In Pakistan, agricultural growth and food supply were based on good harvests and not on an institutionalised process of technical change. What happened to Pakistan’s economy in years when the harvest was not good?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The economic indicators showed stagnation or negative trends
Pakistan’s farm output rested on good harvests, not on steady technical change. So the whole economy moved with the weather: in a good year it did well, and in a bad year the economic indicators showed stagnation or negative trends.
NCERT (2026-27): “8.6 Development Strategies — an Appraisal … The reasons for the slow-down of growth and re-emergence of poverty in Pakistan’s economy, as scholars put it, are agricultural growth and food supply situation were based not on an institutionalised process of technical change but on good harvest. When there was a good harvest, the economy was in good condition, when it was not, the economic indicators showed stagnation or negative trends. …” |