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ibps-so 2016 · Question 256 of 394

Why, according to the author, does a great deal of work performed in the country not appear in the aggregate at all?

  1. ABecause the enumerators who conduct the surveys are too few to visit every household
  2. BBecause only what passes through a market carries a price, and what carries no price cannot be added upCorrect
  3. CBecause the work in question is thought by the compilers to be of small economic value
  4. DBecause the law forbids the counting of any labour for which no tax has been paid
  5. EBecause such work is counted instead in a separate register kept for the purpose

Answer: B. Because only what passes through a market carries a price, and what carries no price cannot be added up

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Source: IBPS SO 2016 AFO (held 28-29 Jan 2017, single-stage CWE) - Prepp · memory-based

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