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A farmer produces cotton in his farm and sells it to the yarn making firm at Rs 2500. The yarn making firm sells this yarn to the cloth mill for Rs 4000, who make cloth from it and this cloth is sold to a readymade garments factory for Rs 6500. The ready made garments factory sells the garments to the retailer for Rs 9000 and makes a profit of Rs 2000.

Assuming that the farmer does not incur any intermediate cost, what will be total value added in the above process?

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

Option 1 -> This is only the value added by the farmer, not the total value added in the entire process.

Option 2 -> This represents the total value added across all stages of production from raw cotton to final garments.

Option 3 -> This is an incorrect calculation that doesn't match the value addition methodology.

Option 4 -> This appears to be the sum of all transaction values, which is not how value addition is calculated.


Hence, Option 2: Rs 9000 -> Value addition at each stage: Farmer (Rs 2500 - 0 = Rs 2500), Yarn firm (Rs 4000 - Rs 2500 = Rs 1500), Cloth mill (Rs 6500 - Rs 4000 = Rs 2500), Garments factory (Rs 9000 - Rs 6500 = Rs 2500). Total = Rs 2500 + Rs 1500 + Rs 2500 + Rs 2500 = Rs 9000. Alternatively, since the farmer has no intermediate cost, total value added equals the final selling price, which is Rs 9000. -> correct

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