Allied & ICAR Exam Bank • ALLIED_1952MCQ • 2 Marks
Section 8: General Aptitude
Verbal Aptitude
Subtopic: Critical Reasoning
Question Statement:
Economist P: 'Free electricity for agricultural tubewells empowers farmers and boosts farm incomes.' Economist Q: 'Free electricity incentivizes massive groundwater over-extraction and starves state power utilities of maintenance capital, harming agriculture in the long term.' The dispute is over:
Options:
(A) Whether providing free agricultural electricity is beneficial on balance for the farming sector.
(B) Whether electricity is needed to run tubewells.
(C) Whether power utilities require capital for maintenance.
(D) Whether tubewells extract groundwater.
Answer Key:
A
Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation
The dispute is whether free agricultural power policy is beneficial or detrimental in the long run.