Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful. Agriculture in States like Punjab is typically a ___ A ___ of wheat and paddy. When input costs associated with fertilizers, crop-protection chemicals and see

Step-by-step solution

It’s the easiest among all to pick. The part of the sentence “NCRB data highlight that 2,474 of the 3,000 farmers who were reported to have committed suicide in 2015 had loans from local banks …” clearly indicates that it is farmers’ inability to unburden their indebtedness which pushed them to take as strong a step as a suicide. Clearly option B is the correct answer.