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Exercises: Try Out 2026 - Set 1: Real exam simulation to sharpen your skills and build confidence. - Problem 4

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## Exercise 4

### Question

export const metadata = {
  title: "Problem 4",
  authors: [{ name: "Nabil Akbarazzima Fatih" }],
  date: "01/01/2026",
};

The Ministry of Agriculture (Kemtan) has successfully increased agricultural production, especially food crop commodities, significantly in the last four years. Consequently, imports of a number of food commodities can be suppressed. Opportunities to spur food production are actually still wide open without the need to increase agricultural land area. One way is to narrow the productivity gap between farmers in Java and outside Java. Impressive performance in spurring food crop production is recorded by statistical data.

Throughout <InlineMath math="2014 - 2018" />, rice production was recorded to have increased by an average of <InlineMath math="3.0\text{ percent}" /> per year. This rate of increase is higher than the average growth throughout <InlineMath math="2010 - 2014" /> which was only <InlineMath math="1.39\text{ percent}" /> per year. Similar things – even more fantastic – also happened to corn commodities whose production on average grew by <InlineMath math="10.53\text{ percent}" /> per year in the same period, higher than the <InlineMath math="2009 - 2014" /> period which was only <InlineMath math="1.66\text{ percent}" />. This certainly cannot be separated from the success of various government programs focused on efforts to increase production by spurring productivity (intensification) and land area (extensification). In this case, the government's serious efforts and strong commitment are reflected in the total expenditure on agricultural production facilities and infrastructure which reached the range of <InlineMath math="70\text{ percent}" /> of the total Ministry of Agriculture budget (Kemtan <InlineMath math="2018" />).

Based on the text, what will happen if the import of food commodities can be suppressed?


### Choices

- [ ] Appropriate programs from the government are needed so that agricultural production increases.
- [x] Food production is spurred, one of the ways is by narrowing the gap between farmers in Java and outside Java.
- [ ] Spurring production by activating production plant programs that are in accordance with regional elements.
- [ ] Farmers can freely cultivate agricultural land without being disturbed by the danger of imports from abroad.
- [ ] The government can concentrate more on encouraging farmers to produce agricultural land.

### Answer & Explanation

export const metadata = {
  title: "Solution to Problem 4",
  authors: [{ name: "Nabil Akbarazzima Fatih" }],
  date: "01/01/2026",
};

To answer this question, we need to understand the cause-and-effect relationship explained in the text. The text states that the success in increasing agricultural production has a consequence, namely that the import of food commodities can be suppressed. This means the condition of "imports being suppressed" occurs when "production increases/is spurred".

Furthermore, the text explains that the opportunity to spur food production is still wide open. One specifically mentioned way is **narrowing the productivity gap between farmers in Java and outside Java**.

Therefore, if we talk about the condition where imports can be suppressed (which is the result of increased production), then it is closely related to the efforts to spur production itself, one of which is done by narrowing the farmer gap. The answer choice stating **"Food production is spurred, one of the ways is by narrowing the gap between farmers in Java and outside Java"** is the most relevant statement supported by the text as the context of the success in suppressing imports.

Other options are not supported by the text:
1.  **Appropriate programs are needed...**: The text mentions that government programs have already been successful, not just "needed".
2.  **In accordance with regional elements**: Not specifically mentioned.
3.  **Farmers freely... without danger of imports**: This is an excessive assumption and not in the text.
4.  **Producing agricultural land**: This phrase is ambiguous (land is not produced by farmers) and does not fit the context.


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