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WorksheetsRURAL DEVELOPMENT
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Agricultural marketing is a process that involves functions of__.
Storage
Distribution
Processing
All the above
During 2007-12, agriculture output has grown at__.
3%
3.2%
2%
NABARD was set up in __.
1892
1952
1982
__ is a women-oriented community based poverty reduction programme implemented in Kerala.
TANWA
Kudumbashree
RRB
__ is an alternative marketing channel operated in Punjab
Hadaspar Mandi
Apni Mandi
Rythu Bazars
___ credit provisions are referred to as micro-credit programmes.
RRB
SHG
Cooperatives
How did famines became events of the past?
Improved literacy rate
Increased Rainfall
Maintenance of Buffer stock
TANWA is a project initiated in TamilNadu to train women in __.
Industrial techniques
Household techniques
Agricultural techniques
By March end 2003, more than __ SHGs had reportedly been credit linked.
7 lakhs
8 lakhs
9 lakhs
__ is an assurance to the farmers that a minimum price will be fixed by the government to purchase farmers produce.
Maximum support price
Minimum support price
Maximum retail price
The realisation of the nutritional value of __ food is growing all over the world.
Commercial farming
Plantation farming
Organic farming
Uzhavar Sandies is an alternative marketing channels operated in __.
Telengana
Punjab
TamilNadu
credit taken for a period of 15 years is known as
short term credit
medium term credit
long term credit
all of these
NABARD is ---- source of rural credi
regional
institutional
non institutional
cooperative society
Nationalisation of banks took place in the year
1969
1967
1869
1962
-------------was a harbinger of major changes in the credit system as it led to the diversification of portfolio of rural credit towards production oreinted learning
(a)
recectly the ----------- has emerged to fill the gap in the formal credit system
(a)
the problem faced in rural banking are
insufficient rural credit
growing overdues
inadequate amount of sanction
all of these
---------------is an apex institution of rural credit
Cooperative society
NABARD
RBI
ALL OF THESE
Which one of the following is source of non instituional creditt
landlords
village traders
money lenders
all of these
The scheme of "Micro Finance" is extended through:
Self Help Groups
Land Development Banks
NABARD
Regional Rural Banks
Which one of the following is not an non- institutional source of credit?
Money lenders
Relatives
Traders
Land Development Banks
The problems faced in rural credit are:
Insufficient rural credit
Growing overdues
Inadequate amount of sanction
All of these
A regulated market has many controls over the farmers.
True
False
Distress selling is when farmers sell their output to moneylenders or traders at a lower price.
True
False
TANWA is a project initiated in TamilNadu to train women in __.
Industrial techniques
Household techniques
Agricultural techniques
White Revolution is also called as
Operation milk
Operation flood
Golden revolution
Green revolution
Who is the father of White Revolution
(a)
The branch of agriculture which deals with raising of animals for meat, milk, eggs and fibre is called as
Animal husbandry
Livestock farming
Both of these
None of these
Time period of Golden Revolution is
1993-2003
1991-2008
1991-2012
1991- 2003
The branch of agriculture which deals with cultivation of flowers , fruits and vegetables is called as
Flowericulture
Fruiticulture
Horticulture
None of the above
Sowing more than one crop in a farm in a particular season is called
Crop rotation
Multiple cropping
Single cropping
Cottage Industries are usually
Labour intensive
Capital intensive
NABARD stands for
(a)
the problems faced in rural banking are
insufficient rural credit
growing overdues
inadequate amount of sanction
all of these
Short term credit is needed for
period of 15 months
period of 1 year
period of 15 years
period of 20 years
The ‘Golden Revolution’ was a period of very high productivity in:
food grain production
horticulture
fishing
agriculture
India is an agricultural country and -------- population depends on the agricultural sector directly or indirectly
one forth
one third
half
three forth
Indian agriculture contribution to the national gross domestic product (GDP) is about ---------- per cent.
10
25
50
75
Central government organisation, who are involved in agricultural marketing
IARI
NBPGR
FCI
IGBI
