Q.According to the state's Economic Survey for 2024-25, the largest contributor to Maharashtra's income (GSDP) is the:

As in an advanced economy, one sector has grown well ahead of the others as the biggest source of state income.

Option (c) is correct. In Maharashtra the services (tertiary) sector is the largest contributor to state income — of the order of 55–58% of GSDP in the 2024-25 estimates — ahead of the industrial sector (~25–27%) and agriculture and allied (~10–15%). Option (a) is wrong: agriculture, though it employs a large share of the workforce, contributes the smallest income share. Option (b) is wrong: industry is large and important but is second to services. Option (d) is wrong: mining and quarrying is only a small part of the secondary sector, not a leading contributor. These shares are official estimates that are revised each year, so a student should quote them with the year; the stable fact is the order services > industry > agriculture.

Assuming agriculture is largest because so many people work in it — it employs many workers but yields the smallest income share; quoting the percentages without the year, when they change annually.