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Question

Since the advent of Planning era in India, the share of agriculture sector in GDP has:

  1. continued to decline
  2. continued to rise
  3. first increased and the declined
  4. first declined and them increased

Answer:

Option A: continued to decline

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “continued to decline”.

India's economy has shifted from being primarily agrarian to one with a growing industrial and service sector. As a result, the contribution of agriculture to the GDP has steadily decreased over the years since the start of the planning era.