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UGC NET Paper 1 Exam 6 Dec 2023 Shift 2 Solved Paper

Question Numbers: 1-5

The following table shows the percentage (%) distribution of expenses in agriculture under different budget heads, namely fertilizer, feed, seed, electricity and diesel, and others in the year 2012 and 2022. Total amount of expenditure incurred on all the different heads in 2012 and 2022 is Rs. 30864 crores and Rs. 70698 crores respectively. Based on the data in the table, answer the questions that follow.

Budget Head	Year
2012	2022
Fertilizer	17.5%	28.6%
Feed	29.5%	19.5%
Seed	18.5%	14.5%
Electricity and Diesel	7.8%	8.6%
Others	26.7%	28.6%

Question : 5 of 50

Marks: +1, -0

The expenditure on fertilizer in 2022 is approximately ______ times more than that in 2012.

2.75
4.63
3.52
1.55

Validate

Solution:

Concept:

This problem calculates how many times the fertilizer expenditure increased from 2012 to 2022, using the percentage of total expenditure and the total amount for each year.

Explanation:

Find the fertilizer expenditure for 2012: 17.5% of Rs. 30,864 =

0.175 \times 30864 = 5401.2

Find the fertilizer expenditure for 2022: 28.6% of Rs. 70,698 =

0.286 \times 70698 = 20219.628

Compute the increase:

20219.628 - 5401.2 = 14818.428

Divide the increase by the 2012 expenditure:

\frac{14818.428}{5401.2} \approx 2.75

This means the expenditure in 2022 is about 2.75 times more than in 2012.

Answer:

Option A (2.75)

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