Correct answer: (b) 2, 4, 5 and 6 only
Explanation
- A
1, 2, 3 and 7 only
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 7 only. Barley is an MSP crop, but arecanut, coffee and turmeric are not in the CACP/CCEA foodgrain–oilseed–commercial MSP basket in the sense of this question. This mix is wrong. This option is not the key.
- B
2, 4, 5 and 6 only
(b) 2, 4, 5 and 6 only. Barley, finger millet (ragi/maruca), groundnut and sesamum are announced under the MSP regime. Arecanut, coffee and turmeric are not in that MSP list. That is 2, 4, 5 and 6. This option is the official key.
- C
1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 only
(c) 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 only. It wrongly includes arecanut and coffee and, in this coding, still misses the clean MSP-only set. This option is not the key.
- D
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Plantation spices and coffee are not all MSP crops. This option is not the key.
Summary. Official key is (b) 2, 4, 5 and 6 only. CCEA announces MSPs for mandated rabi/kharif crops including barley, ragi, groundnut and sesamum. Arecanut, coffee and turmeric are plantation/spice crops outside that MSP list. Options that keep 1, 3 or 7 therefore over-include. The WRAP letter is (b).
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