Agricultural Marketing

the problems faced in rural banking are

• insufficient rural credit

• growing overdues

• inadequate amount of sanction

• all of these

the scheme of Micro Finance is extended through

• SHGs

• land development Banks

• NABARD

• Regional Rural Banks

why is minimum support price fixed by the government

• for government own benefit

• to safeguard the interest of farmers

• to safeguard the interest of consumers

• none of these

Short term credit is needed for

• period of 15 months

• period of 1 year

• period of 15 years

• period of 20 years

From the following which is not a non-institutional source of credit in India.

• money lenders

• traders

• commercial banks

• commission agents

The institutional aource of credit whose area of operation is the one where banking facilities and cooperatives are absent and which operate at the district level is:

• Regional rural bank

• Commercial bank

• self help group

• NABARD

The sector providing alternate livelihood options to 70 million small and marginal farmers is:

• live stock

• agro processing

• apni mandi

• Fisheries

The ‘Golden Revolution’ was a period of very high productivity in:

• food grain production

• horticulture

• fishing

• agriculture

NABARD is ____________ source of rural credit

• institutional source

• cooperative society

• non institutional

• regional

Diversification in agriculture activities means finding alternate employment in

• non farm

• urban

• rural

• none of these