Question

All the following have positive relationship with marketable surplus except?

• A. Size of family
• B. Size of Holding
• C. Quality of production
• D. Higher resources

Hint:

A bigger family consumes more of its own produce, leaving less to sell.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Write marketable surplus as total production minus the quantity retained for family needs.
Step 2: Size of holding, quality of production, and higher resources all push the production term up, so they raise marketable surplus, giving them a positive relationship.
Step 3: Size of family pushes the retained for consumption term up instead, which pulls marketable surplus down, making it the one factor with a negative, not positive, relationship.
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