- AThe scheme's premium is the same in every village of the district
- BIn those villages the policies were taken almost wholly by growers of half an acre and less, whose income fell furthest of all; the village averages were held up by a few large orchard owners, who took no policy at all and whose fruit the hail happened to spare
- CThe hailstorm passed over eleven of the district's thirty villages
- DClaims under the scheme are settled by a state corporation and not by the district office
Step-by-Step Solution
The office has taken a village average to describe the people inside the village, and the option shows the two coming apart completely: the policy-holders did worst and the untouched orchards did the work of holding the average up. On those facts the village figure is true and the conclusion drawn from it is the reverse of the truth. A uniform premium, the number of villages the hail crossed and who settles the claims all leave the village averages and the growers behind them exactly where they were.
Answer: B) In those villages the policies were taken almost wholly by growers of half an acre and less, whose income fell furthest of all; the village averages were held up by a few large orchard owners, who took no policy at all and whose fruit the hail happened to spare