RAS question
The GVO of Groundnut at current prices in 2024-25:
Correct answer: (D) ₹12,762 crore.
The Gross Value of Output of groundnut at current prices in Rajasthan in 2024-25 was ₹12,762 crore.
Explanation
Rajasthan Economic Review 2024-25 places groundnut among the major kharif crops contributing to Rajasthan's crop-sector income. In Figure 4.3, titled "Gross Value of Output (GVO) for Kharif Crop at Current Prices", the row for Groundnut shows the five-year series for 2020-21 to 2024-25. The 2024-25 value is 12,762, and the figure's unit is ₹ crore. This directly matches option D. The same nearby text also notes that bajra, groundnut and moong were the major contributors to kharif crop income, which is why groundnut appears in this GVO comparison rather than as a minor crop detail.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) ₹8,000 crore is below the Economic Review's 2024-25 groundnut GVO figure of ₹12,762 crore and does not match the listed value.
- (B) ₹5,000 crore is far lower than the official 2024-25 current-price GVO for groundnut shown in Figure 4.3.
- (C) ₹15,000 crore overstates the value; the Economic Review's groundnut entry for 2024-25 is ₹12,762 crore, not ₹15,000 crore.
Concept
This tests the Rajasthan Economy syllabus area covering agriculture-sector output and crop-wise contribution at current prices. RAS repeats such data because kharif crops like groundnut are central to Rajasthan's crop-income profile.