Question

Agriculture in India is still practiced in traditional ways. But traditional ways also have their problems. For example, dependency on rains resulted in crop failure in Rajasthan this year. The Agricultural department has set up a committee to further look into the problems of the traditional ways.

The statements above, if true, best support which of the following assertions?

1. Lack of the use of pesticides caused crop failure in Rajasthan. 
2. Lack of artificial irrigation techniques caused crop failure in Rajasthan.
3. Lack of the use of fertilizers caused crop failure in Rajasthan. 
4. People were unwilling to accept modern ways in Rajasthan which caused crop failure in Rajasthan. 
5. The Agricultural department prefers modern ways of agriculture.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Lack of artificial irrigation techniques caused crop failure in Rajasthan.

From the given statements, we can conclude that traditional ways are problematic and that dependency on rains due to lack of artificial irrigation facilities caused a drought in Rajasthan which is given in option 2. Option 1 and 3 cannot be proved right as we do not know whether pesticides and fertilizers were used or not. Option 4 and 5 also cannot be right because there is no indication given in the statements whether the department or the people prefer one way over the other. Hence, option 2 is the right answer.