Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four words or group of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

India has long been recognized as an agriculture powerhouse, but (1) ______ much below its potential when it comes to agricultural exports. (2) ______ of being the number one producer of dairy, mango, banana and the second-largest producer of cereals, fruits and vegetables, India ranks 10th (3) ______ the countries with highest agricultural exports. Small countries like Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, etc. export much (4) ______ value of agricultural goods than us. The coronavirus outbreak and the lockdown has (5) ______ structural reforms in the agricultural sector. The Cabinet has (6) ______ approved amendments to the Essential Commodities Act, especially removal of stock limit on cereals, pulses, oilseeds, onions and potatoes will encourage people to invest in creating infrastructure and storage of the agricultural (7) ______ with a fair degree of certainty. The Cabinet has also approved barrier free trade of agricultural products, contract farming arrangements with processors, aggregators, etc. The (8) ______ of ₹1 lakh crore for agri-infrastructure as part of the ₹20 lakh crore package will definitely help the farmers.