Production of Rice and Wheat (In ‘million of Tonnes’)

Year Rice Wheat Percentage of Wheat to Rice
1950 –51 20.58 6.46 31.4
1960 –61 34.58 11.00 31.8
1970–71 42.22 23.83 56.4
1980–81 58.63 36.31 67.7
1990–91 74.29 55.14 74.2
1994–95 81.81 65.77 80.4
1995–96 79.62 62.62 78.6

The above table indicates the performance of India in rice and wheat production from 1950-51 to 1995-96. Which of the following conclusions arrived at from the above table would be valid? 

1. Record production of rice as well as wheat has been in 1994-95 

2. The ratio of wheat to rice production seems to have steadily increased over 16 years 

3 Wheat has not been popular among the Indian population before 1980 

4. India became self-sufficient in rice and wheat only after 1990 

Select the correct answer using the codes given below: 

Codes: 

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (c) 3 and 4 (d) None of these

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1 Answers

The Right option is :

(a) 1 and 2

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