The Works Progress Administration created community service schemes to employ workers in which type of professions?

• A. Creative professions
• B. Agricultural mechanization
• C. Military service
• D. International trade

Answer: (B)

The Works Progress Administration set up large “make-work” and public-service projects to put unemployed people to work on things that would help communities run more smoothly. Among those, the kind of jobs aimed at increasing farming efficiency—like operating and maintaining farm machinery, upgrading irrigation, and providing other farming services—would be labeled agricultural mechanization. This fits the goal of helping rural areas recover by boosting agricultural productivity and offering steady employment.

The other options don’t align with the typical aims of WPA community-service work: creative arts programs were part of WPA but focused on culture rather than broad community service, and military service or international trade were not primary WPA focuses.