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Q.1-5. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Volatility of food prices is so commonplace in India that even government responses to it have assumed a rather languid demeanour, not going beyond the verbose promises of improving the farmers’ lot. In the past few weeks, however, skyrocketing vegetable prices across the country, especially that of onions, have created much flurry in the policy circuit. But, this hyperactivity has not transcended the conventional strategies of imposing a minimum export price (MEP) on the exporters and/or a stocking limit on the domestic traders, something that we have already seen this government doing in 2017 to douse the raging retail prices of onion and tomato, then at₹ 80 a kilogram (kg) and ₹ 110 a kg, respectively. Interestingly, it is not the seasonality of vegetable prices per se, but their exacerbation in almost every alternate year that makes the government in power uncomfortable. While the reasons for such escalations are usually interpreted, particularly by the policymakers, as something beyond their control, it is hard to ignore that the conveniences of projecting such official “helplessness” are many. First, it helps shroud years of inaction behind the “urgent” actions. This, in turn, makes the years of accelerated price spikes appear as some isolated phenomenon, rather than a structural malaise. Second, it justifies the contradiction in the government’s promises and actions. A government that makes grandiose proposals like “one nation, one market,” can impede farmers’ access to remunerative markets (export markets in the case of onions) in practice, just for the sake of gaining quick control of prices. Third, “helplessness” resonates well with the general feeling of the middle class—a pivotal vote bank of the ruling party—operating under binding budget constraints. But, most disconcertingly, this paradigm of emotive politics is laden with the risk of relegating the significant to the periphery. For instance, fundamental issues, such as why the government’s price control policies fail to envision farmers as “net buyers” and/or consumers of food, or how “consumer friendly” the projected “consumer bias” in such policies in reality is, etc, are muted in the public discourse. Whereas, ground-level evidences put a big question mark on the veracity of such projection. With almost 60%–70% of the final retail price of vegetables being formed in the post-farm gate segment, largely by the costs and margins of the middlemen, farmers are likely to have little control over prices. On the other hand, with retailers apportioning the highest share of margins in general, retail prices are less likely to move in tandem with wholesale prices. For example, as per the data published by the National Horticulture Board, when the average wholesale price of onion in Delhi declined from₹ 32 a kg in January 2018, to₹ 20,₹ 11, and eventually to₹ 9 a kg in February, March, and April 2018, respectively, the average retail price came down from₹ 49 to only₹ 37 to₹ 38 per kg. Similarly, in the past few weeks, the average wholesale price of onion in Delhi has hovered between₹ 30 and₹ 32 a kg, while retail prices have steadily shot up from₹ 50 to₹ 59 a kg. None of the interventions adopted by the government in the present scenario, however, address the structural anomalies of the farm-produce markets that result in asymmetric price transmission between the producer and the consumer. Such policies essentially have no elements of “consumer-friendliness” in them, beyond empty rhetoric. The 2017 report of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in fact, points out that the notion of consumer bias has come handy in restricting onion trade whenever the government foresaw rising domestic prices. The lack of stable trade policies can be a disincentive for the agricultural sector as a whole, let alone the consumers or producers in isolation. Banning of exports by instituting an MEP (currently at $850 a tonne) that is way above the export parity price (at $300 per tonne), will deprive farmers of the benefits of exports, while intermittent trading will affect India’s credibility as an exporter in the international market, and thereby the unit value of her exports.
Q-1 According to the passage, the Government is showing disinclination towards-
(A) The trait of food costs being unpredictably irresolute.
(B) The volatility of vegetable prices and its courteousness.
(C) The unpredictability of the prices of raw materials.
(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Only C
(4) Both A and B
(5) Both B and C
Q-2 What made the government in power disconcerted, as mentioned in the passage?
(1) The predictable changes in the prices of vegetables and fruits.
(2) The process of further worsening the price change every year.
(3) The non- fulfilment of the government’s price control policy.
(4) All except (2)
(5) None of the above.
Q-3 Which of the following statements is/are NOT TRUE in the context of the passage?
(1) Many interventions approved by the government focus on the abnormalities related to farming.
(2) It is improbable for farmers to have control over food prices.
(3) The rising prices of vegetables are in the range of standard strategies.
(4) Both (1) and (2)
(5) None of the above.
Q-4 Which of the following facts is/are related to the official weakness, as mentioned in the passage?
(A) It helps to cover years of inaction behind the vital actions.
(B) It legitimizes the refutation between the official promises and the actions.
(C) It evokes the emotions of the upper as well as the middle class.
(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Only C
(4) Both A and B
(5) Both B and C
Q-5 Which of the following statements is/are TRUE in the context of the passage?
(1) Retail prices and wholesale prices move alongside each other.
(2) The abundance of unstable policies can be an incentive for agriculture.
(3) The Government is imposing a minimum price on the importers.
(4) Both (2) and (3).
(5) All of the above.
Q-6 In the question, each of the two sentences divided into two parts (A), (B) and (C), (D) respectively is given. Any two of these parts have grammatical errors. Choose the alternative consisting of the number of grammatically wrong parts. If both the sentences are grammatically correct, choose option (5) i.e. No error.
(1) Right to communicate has been stating (A)/as one of the basic human rights in India. (B)
(2) It is not to prove that your point is (C)/correct and the other person are wrong. (D).
(1) A-B
(2) A-D
(3) B-C
(4) C-D
(5) No Error
Q-7 In the question, each of the two sentences divided into two parts (A), (B) and (C), (D) respectively is given. Any two of these parts have grammatical errors. Choose the alternative consisting of the number of grammatically wrong parts. If both the sentences are grammatically correct, choose option (5) i.e. No error.
(1) It is essential to keep your body language(A)/ warm and friendly rather than arrogant.(B)
(2) A fair is a large gathering of people (C)/for various commercial and entertainment activities. (D).
(1) A-B
(2) A-C
(3) B-C
(4) C-D
(5) No Error
Q-8 In the question, each of the two sentences divided into two parts (A), (B) and (C), (D) respectively is given. Any two of these parts have grammatical errors. Choose the alternative consisting of the number of grammatically wrong parts. If both the sentences are grammatically correct, choose option (5) i.e. No error.
(1) Being from different cultural background,(A)/ the two families find it hard to get along. (B)
(2) I have been reading his books since(C)/our childhood and have always loved them.(D)
(1) A-B
(2) B-C
(3) A-D
(4) C-D
(5) No Error
Q-9 In the question, each of the two sentences divided into two parts (A), (B) and (C), (D) respectively is given. Any two of these parts have grammatical errors. Choose the alternative consisting of the number of grammatically wrong parts. If both the sentences are grammatically correct, choose option (5) i.e. No error.
(1) People prefer receiving there (A)/payments through money orders. (B)
(2) A postman wearing a khaki uniform and (C)/holds a bag full of letters on his shoulder. (D).
(1) B-D
(2) A-D
(3) B-C
(4) A-C
(5) No Error
Q-10 In the question, each of the two sentences divided into two parts (A), (B) and (C), (D) respectively is given. Any two of these parts have grammatical errors. Choose the alternative consisting of the number of grammatically wrong parts. If both the sentences are grammatically correct, choose option (5) i.e. No error.
(1) People born in different ages are different (A)/ with each other in various aspects. (B)
(2) The generation gap is the term given to (C)/ the difference among two generations. (D).
(1) B-D
(2) B-C
(3) A-C
(4) A-D
(5) No Error
Answers
Q.1 (1)
Q.2 (5)
Q.3 (4)
Q.4 (4)
Q.5 (1)
Q.6 (2)
Q.7 (5)
Q.8 (3)
Q.9 (4)
Q.10 (1)
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