HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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12 million
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100 million
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850, 000
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23 million
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Detailed explanation-1: -Around 60% of the population works in agriculture. Q. In India, percentage of population employed in Agriculture has from period of independence to the current date.
Detailed explanation-2: -You have seen the billboard on the side of the highway: “One (insert state name) farmer feeds X number of people and YOU.” It is true. The internet source lisbdnet.com tells us that the average U.S. farmer feeds 155 people, up from 26 people in 1960.
Detailed explanation-3: -The industry and services sectors, which constitutes more than 80 per cent of the gross value added in the country, provides employment to 54.4 per cent of the workforce, and, agriculture, which accounted for 18.29 per cent of GVA in 2019–20, retains 45.6 per cent workforce.