ASSI

GNMENTQUESTI
ONS
CH-
6RURALDEVELOPMENT

Readthefol
lowingst
atement
s-Asser
ti
on(
A)andReason(
R).Chooseoneoft
hecor
rect
al
ter
nati
vesgivenbel
ow:
Alt
ernati
ves:
(i
)BothAssert
ion(A)andReason( R)aretrueandReason(R)isthecorr
ectexpl
anati
onof
Assert
ion(A)
(i
i)BothAssert
ion(A)andReason( R)aretrueandReason(R)isnotthecor
rectexpl
anat
ion
ofAssert
ion(
A)
(i
ii
)Asserti
on(A)istruebutReason(R)isfalse.
(i
v)Asserti
on(A)isfalsebutReason(R)istrue.

1.
Asser
ti
on(
A):
TheI
Thasaposi
ti
vei
mpactont
heagr
icul
tur
esect
or.
Reason(R)
:Asitcandi
sseminatei
nfor
mationr
egardi
ngemergi
ngtechnol
ogi
esandi
ts
appl
i
cati
ons, pr
ices,
weatherandsoi
lcondi
ti
onsforgr
owingdi
ff
erentcr
opset
c.
2.Asser
ti
on(
A):I
nIndi
a,t
hef
armi
ngcommuni
tyusest
hemi
xedcr
op-
li
vest
ockf
armi
ng
syst
em.
Reason(R):Catt
le,
goat
s,f
owlar
ethewidelyheldspeci
es.Li
vestockpr
oduct
ionpr
ovi
des
i
ncreasedstabi
li
tyini
ncome,f
oodsecur
it
y,fuelandnutri
ti
onforthefami
ly.
3.Assert
ion(A):Thei deaofvi
l
lagedevel
opmentbei
ngatt
hecentr
eoft
heov er
all
devel
opmentoft henationi
srel
evantev
entoday,whenweseear
oundusfastgr
owingci
ti
es
wit
hlargeindust
riesandmodernIThubs.
Reason(
R):Morethant
wo-thi
rdofIndia’
spopul
ati
ondependsonagri
cul
tur
ethati
syett
o
becomeproduct
ive,
one-
thi
rdofrur
alIndiast
il
ll
iv
esinabj
ectpover
ty.
St
atet
rueorf
alsewi
thv
ali
dreason:
4.Non-
inst
it
uti
onal
sour
cesofcr
edi
tar
esi
mpl
eandt
her
efor
e,mor
eat
tract
ivei
nIndi
a.
5.MSPpol icy(
Mi ni
mum Suppor
tPr
icePol
i
cy)assur
esmi
nimum i
ncomet
othef
armer
s,
i
rrespect
iveoftheirsal
es.
6.Cr
edi
tist
hel
i
fe-
li
neoff
armi
ngact
ivi
tyi
nIndi
a.
7.Di
ver
sif
icat
ionofcr
oppr
oduct
ionmi
nimi
sesmar
ketr
isksduet
opr
icef
luct
uat
ions.
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