RAS question
What is the Gross Value Output of wheat in Rajasthan in 2024-25?
Correct answer: (A) ₹28,176 crore.
Rajasthan's Gross Value Output of wheat in 2024-25 was ₹28,176 crore at current prices.
Explanation
The Rajasthan Economic Review 2024-25 places wheat within the rabi crop economy and gives its Gross Value Output at current prices in Figure 4.4. The same section says wheat, rapeseed and mustard, and gram were the major contributors to income from the rabi crop sector in the State. For 2024-25, the wheat entry in that rabi GVO figure is ₹28,176 crore. This is why option A is correct: it is the exact wheat figure reported for 2024-25, not a rounded estimate. The source also gives the crop sector's current-price GVA as ₹1.95 lakh crore, so the wheat number should be read as a crop-specific GVO figure within Rajasthan's wider agriculture and allied economy.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) ₹20,000 crore understates the Economic Review's 2024-25 wheat GVO figure, which is ₹28,176 crore at current prices.
- (C) ₹15,000 crore is too low and is not the wheat value shown in the official rabi crop GVO figure for 2024-25.
- (D) ₹35,000 crore overstates wheat GVO; the official 2024-25 wheat entry is ₹28,176 crore, while ₹32,819 crore belongs to rapeseed and mustard in the same figure.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan economy data under agriculture, especially crop-wise Gross Value Output and rabi crop contribution. Such figures recur in RAS because the exam often asks directly from the latest Economic Review tables and charts.