Question

Farmers were producing ___ crops, which caused the price of grains to fall.
A. a shortage of
B. a surplus of
C. low quality
D. high quality

Answer 1

B. The farmers were producing a surplus of crops, which caused the price of grains to fall.

Answer 2

The answer is a simple supply and demand answer. The more crops that were supplied, the lower the demand was, which caused the price to fall. If less crops were supplied, the demand would have gone up and caused the price to rise. The answer to your question is B.