Verbal Aptitude

Paradox: 'The government increased the minimum support price (MSP) for pulses to encourage farmers to diversify away from water-intensive rice. However, the acreage under rice cultivation in the state increased the following season.' Which finding resolves the paradox?

Options:

• (A) The state government also announced free unlimited electricity for paddy irrigation, making rice substantially more profitable and risk-free than pulses despite the pulse price hike.
• (B) Pulses fix atmospheric nitrogen in soil.
• (C) Rice requires transplanting in standing water.
• (D) Pulses have shorter growing cycles than rice.