80 Extension Education

Objective Question
1. National Extension Service in India 5. In India, Community Development
was established in: Projects were launched in:
(a) 1950 (b) 1953 (a) 1950 (b) 1951 (c) 1952 (d) 1962
(c) 1963 (d) 1952
6. The High Yielding Variety Programne
2. Under NRDP, the State Government has its started in the year of:
share: (a) 1965 (b) 1964 (c) 1971 (d) 1976
(a) 20% (b) 75%
(c) 80% (d) 50% 7. IR.D.P. was launched in:
(a) 1980 (b) 1960
3. Krishi Vigyan Kendras are sponsored by: (c) 1970 (d) 1978
(a) UGC (b) IARI (c) NBPGR (d) ICAR
8. Which of the following states has no
4. National Demonstration was started in the PanchayatiRaj ?
year of: (a) Rajasthan (b) Meghalaya
(a) 1964 (b) 1965 (c) 1970 (d) 1975 (c) Bihar (d) Orissa
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81
9. The first
(a) PA.U., Agricultural University of India:
(b) H.A.U., Ludhiana (Punjab) 20. Who is the chairman of S.F.D.A?
(c) Hissar (Haryana) (a) Agriculture Minister (b) Governor
(d) G.B.PU.A and Technology, (c) Chief Minister (d) Collector
A.PA.U, Hyderabad (A.P) Pantnagar (U.A.) 21. The ninth five year plan was started in:
10, Television,
media of: fairs, radios and exhibitions are (a) 1995-96 (b) 1996-97
(a) group communication (c) 1997-98 (d) 1998-99
(b) individual communication 22. The Taccavi loan is given by:
(c) community communication (a) the Bank
(d) mass communication (b) the Govt.
11, What does the (c) the Co-operative Society
term
(a) Dry Project Area DPAP denote ? (d) None of the above
(b) Drought Prone Programme 23. The principle "one village, one society"
(c) Area Programme
Development Project
(d) None of the above Area Programme
Was suggested by:
(a) Ashok Mehta Committee
(b) Mec Lagen Committee
12. Lead bank
year:
scheme was introduced in the (c) Wanchoo Committee
(d) Rajamannan Committee
(a) 1965 (b) 1969 (c) 1975 (d) 1964 24. Tand Vsystem of
13. The extension was
scheme of developed by:
launched in IndiaRegional
on: Rural Banks was (a) MJackson (b) DBenor
(a) 1st Cct. 1975 (c) MAnderson (d) O PDahma
(b) 15th Aug. 1978
(c) 2nd Oct. 1975 (d) 1st Jan. 197O 25. Which one of the
14. Fourth five year plan was agency?
following is a farmer
year:
started in the (a) FCI
(a) 1966 (b) IFFCO
(b) 1969 (c) 1967 (d) 1960 (c) Agro service centres
15. National Agricultural Extension Project (d) Shree Ram fertilisers
was launched by: 26. The basic unit of
(a) ICAR (b) IARI IRDP is: development under
(c) Govt. of India (d) State Govt. (a) community development block
16. There are ......
degree of evaluation: (b) village
(a) four. (b) three (c) five (c) district
(d) two
(d) family
17. Panchayati Raj in India was first
recommended by: 27. Chairman of planning commision is:
(a) President (b) Governor
(a) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
(b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Finance Minister (d) Prime Minister
(c) KriplaniCommittee 28. The major 14 banks were
(d) Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru in the year: nationalised
18. The S.F.D.A and M.F.A.L. Programmes were (a) 1969 (b) 1970
started in: (c) 1973 (d) 1975
(a) 1970 (b) 1965 (c) 1967 (d) 1969 29. Panchayati Raj was first time introduced
in which of the
19. Command Area Development Programme
were started in: (a) Rajasthan following state:
(a) 1962 (b) 1965 (b) Punjab
(d) 1974 (c) Andhra Pradesh
(c) 1978 (d) Orissa
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30. The goal of extension education is to promote: 40. First KVK established in
(a) income of the farmers (a) Badgaon (1952)
(c) Beechwal (1972)
Rajasthan was:
(b) Fatehpur (1976)
(b) area of the new crop (d) Banswara (1975)
(c) scientific outlook
41. Extension education is
(d) production of the crops formal education in sense different from
31. I.R.D.P was started in the year: (a) we start trom practiCals and that:
end up with
(a) 1965-66 (b) 1978-79 theory
(c) 1964-65 (d) 1980-81 (b) we start from theory and end up with
practicals
32. Which of the following guides the Block Samiti? (c) we teach practical only
(a) Block Pramukh (d) we teach theory only
(b) V.D.O
(c) B.D.O and other extension officers 42. Krishi Vigyan Kendra's (KVKs) can ony
(d) None of the above be under control of:
33. Desert Development Programme was (a) Agricultural University
started in: (b) Voluntary Organization
(a) 1977-78
(c) Govt. and Volurntary Organisation
(b) 1980-81 (d) Agricultural University and Voluntary
(c) 1980-82 (d) 1983-84 Organisation
34. Steps of extension teaching are: 43. «The lab to land" programme also
(a) source, message, channel, recommendation, etc. included demonstration but they were
(b) awareness, interest, trial and evaluation different from early demonstrations in
(c) attention, interest, desire, conviction, action terms of;
and satisfaction
(a) target groups
(d) None of the above (b) type of demonstration
35. Which of the following method is best for (c) size of demonstration
selection of a leader? (d) place of demonstration
(a) Statistical method 44. The prime responsibility of the transfer
(b) PsycO-metric method of technology in Rajasthan state with:
(c) Socio-metric method (a) Agricultural University
(d) Bio-metric method (b)Voluntary organisation
36. Family is included under: (c) Krishi Vigyan Kendra
(a) secondary group (d) Agricultural Department
(b) primary group 45. The word "tentio in extension is derived
(c) tertiary group from:
(d) depends upon the situation (a) Greek word (b) Latin word
(c) English word (d) None of these
37. Integrated Rural Development Programme
was launched in: 46. The first Krishi Vigyan Kendra in India
(a) 1978 (b) 1974 (c) 1975 (d) 1979 was established at:
38. The Gurgaon experiment was started by: (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan
(c) Punjab (d) Pondichery
(a) RN Tagore (b) Vinoba Bhave
(c) FL Brayne (d) Mahatma Gandhi 47. Which of the following is not a grouy
approach device?
39. The effective media of self-dependent of (b) Film
village of Rajasthan is: (a) Symposium
(a) formulation of village sponsored economic (c) Demonstration (d) Workshop
plans 48. The subject extension is a:
(b) extension of cities (b) discipline
(c) extension of village education (a) mean mean
(c) end (d) branch of
(d) service to rural unemployed in cities.
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Extension Education

A9. The extension system used to provide 57. If we want to impress the people about a
precise and reliable scientific particular recommended practice
in simple language about a in formation suitable for a specific area,
then
is called: simple practice
effective extension method is:
(a) leaflet (b) newspaper (b) radio
(c) literature (a) TV
(d) circular letter (c) demonstration (d) purnphlets
50. To induce emotional 58. Radio is the medium of mass
local community and toparticipation of the
create a conductive communication in which, use is made
psychological climate for adoption of a new
practice, the method of extension up of:
(b) visual device
applied is: generally (a) audio device
(d) None of these
(c) Both 'a' and 'b'
(a) competition (b) exhibitions
(c) fair (d) field trails 59. Bulletins, leaflets, circular letters,
51. The method of posters, fairs, exhibitions, radio and
extension education for television are the media of:
effectively impressing the people
particular recommended practice about
a (a) public communication
for a particular area is: suitable (b) official communication
(c) group communication
(a) radio (b) tours (d) mass communication
(c) charts (d) demonstrations 60. The first five year plan was started in:
52. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural (a) 1947-48 (b) 1950-51
Development came into existence on: (c) 1951-52 (d) 1952-53
(a) July 22, 1984 (b) July 12, 1982
(c) October 15,1986 (d) August 10,1983 61. IVLP stands for:
(a) Indian Village Linkage Programme
53. The benefit of first hand knowledge good (b) Indian Village Linkage Plan
will and creating confidence Can be (c) Institution Village Linkage Programme
developed by: (d) Integrated Village Lab to Land
(a) telephone Programme
(b) visiting home and farms 62. Extension education aims at:
(c) organising village fairs (a) increasing agricultural production
(d) None of the above (b) increasing milk production
54. The T and V system of Agricultural extension (c) changing knowledge skills and attitudes
was first introduced in the year: (d) changing administrative system
(a) 1964 (b) 1954 (c) 1984 (d) 1974 63. Audio-visual aid is:
merged (a) radio
55. The programmes which have been (b) wireless
under IRDP were: (c) telephone (d) television
(a) SFDA, MFAL, DPAP andCADP 64. Side projector gives the image:
(b) MFAL,SFDA, IAAP and IADP (a) DRDA
Land
(c) SFDA, MFAL and Lab to (b) M.P. of that constituency
(d) DRDA, MEAL and TV (c) additional S.P
about
56. Which of the following statement
areas" is
(d) None of the above
"joint family system of rural 65. In extension education communication
Correct? is a:
cause
(a) Joint families are always aimpediment and a (a) process
(b) Joint families are both an (b) method
factor or rural development (c) idea
in the rural areas
(c) There are no joint families factors of rural (d) expression of thoughts
only
(d) Joint families are the
development
84 Extension Education
66. Which of the following country was first to 76, CONAstands for:
use the term extension' to imply extension (a) Comnperative Oriented Need
knowledge from agriculture research (b) Cornmunity Oriented Need Assessment
institution to the farmers through the Asssessment
(c)Commercial Oriented Natural Assignmet
process of informal education? (d) None of the above
(a) U.S.A. (b) U.S.S.R
77. Which extension method is evolved in
(c) India (d) Japan
result demonstration, posters, movies.
67. When an extension worker approaches large slides and film strips?
number of people, spread over large areas (a) Spoken
for disseminating new improved production (b) Visual
technology, it is called: (c) Written
(a) mass communication (d) None of the above
(b) undirectional communication 78. In India the use of television as a
(c) public communication medium of communication for rural
(d) group communication
development was started in :
68. Written form of extension teaching methods (a) 1964 (b) 1965
does not include: (c) 1966 (d) 1967
(a) bulletins (b) news articles
(c) circular letters (d) None of these
79. Which of the following visual aids are
commonly used by agricultural
extension workers in India?
69. Who is known as father of Sociology?
(a) Max Waber (b) JB Chitamber (a) Posters, photographs, flash card and
(c) H Spencher (d) August Compte fanel graphs
(b) Slides,film-strips, models and puppets
70. Which of the following is a traditional and (c) Bulletin beards, cultural programmes
simple aid of communication? and black boards
(a) Model (b) Puppet (c) Radio (d) TV. (d) Allof the above
71. Scope of Sociology is studied by: 80. Which of the following is not true ?
(a) education (b) trade (a) Programme planning is a spontaneous
(c) community (d) individual process
72. Which of the following will give the clear (b) Programme planning is an educational
process
idea of proportion? (c) Programme planning is a continuous
(a) Model (b) Pie Chart
(d) TV. procesS
(c) Radio (d) Programme planning is a co-ordinating
73. For providing the precise and reliable procesS.
scientifc information in simple language 81. Which of the following is a function of
the extension system used is:
(b) demonstration
the RRB's?
(a) charts
(c) leaflet (d) None of these (a) To develop rural economy
(b) Toprovide credit for agriculture and
74. Linear model of communication was given allied activities
by: (C) To encourage rural industries
(a) Barlo (b) Weaver (d) All of the abOve
(c) Sanane (d) Leagons 82. Evaluation done by the agency is know
75. Which of the following scientist has given as:

the theory of information of communication? (a) self evaluation

(a) Shannon and Weaver (b) internal evaluation
(b) Leagean (c) external evaluation
(c) Berlo (d) None of the above
(d) Aristotle
Extension Education 85
g3. The term
(a)
(b)
inter-communication"
communication on any issue means: 93. Inextension education exhibition is helpful
for:
(C) communication between two persons (a) individual learning
communication
(d) All of the
above
between various groups (b) group communication
(c) masS Communication
84. The 'term
human
(a) exchange of communication' means:
(d) None of the above
(b) exchange of services 94. High yielding variety programme has
liabilities
(c) exchange of ideas given emphasis on
(d)exchange of ideas with commodity (a) land reform
85. (b) package practice with dwarf varieties
The all-round
development
peoples can be achieved of Indian rural
by means of:
(c) increase production through dry farming
(d) None of the above
(a) extension education
(b) adult education 95. Which of the following is the first step
(C) more money distribution in developing of programme ?
(d) All of the above (a) Selection of site
(b) Collection of information
86. Integrated Rural Development Programme (c) Both 'a' and 'b'
(IRDD) has been conceived: (d) Find felt need of people
(a) essentially to development anti-hoarding 96. Rural development programer at
programmes distinct level is being looked after by:
(b) essentially to development adult education (a) DRDA
facilities in the rural areas (b) M.P of that constituency
(c) essentially as an anti-poverty programme (c) additional S.P.
(d) essentially to develop fisheries in the area (d) None of the above
87. National extension service was started in the 97. Which one is not the part of
year: communication module?
(a) 1951 (b) 1952 (c) 1953 (d) 1954 (a) Communicator (b) Message
(c) Advice (d) Audience
88. Coding of the data is done to assign:
(a) numeral to answer (b) symbol to answer 98. Mitra Kisan is an employee of:
(c) Both 'a' and 'b' (d) None of these (a) Central Govt. (b) State Govt.
(c) Corporation (d) None of these
89. Slide projector gives the image:
(b) indirect 99. Kisan Mandal System under T and v
(a) direct
(c) Both 'a' and 'b' (d) reflected system was initiated in the year of:
(a) 1996 (b) 1995 (c) 1994 (d) 1993
90. In India major Commercial Banks were
nationalised in: 100. Fore runner of CD programme is:
(a) 1965 (b) 1967 (c) 1969 (d) 1971 (a) Etawah project
(b) Marthundum project
GATT ?
91. What is the specific objective of the (c) Gurgaon project
(a) Globalisation (d) Sevagram
(b) Increase world production 101. Urit of the IRDP:
(C) Complete use of resources (a) village (b) block
(d) Allof the above (c) district (d) state
the communication
OZ. Which one of the sources of
non-progressive/remote 102. Which one of the following is major
18 most credible for shareholder of SBI ?
village situation ?
(b)Demonstration (a) NABARD (b) RRB
(a) Farm radio (d) Exhibition (c) RBI
(c) Printed material (d) None of these
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103. In extension education communication is a 107. The principle under which children and
(a) process family are included:
(b) method (a) principle of social change
(c) idea (b) principle ofcultural differences
(d) expression of thoughts (c) principle ofadaptability
104. The authority of PACS is known as: (d) principle of whole fanily
(a) president (b) secretary 108. The objectives of education are decided
(c) general body (d) executive body by:
105. Action-reaction (a) biological science
inter-dependable
communication is termed as:
in
(b) physical science
(a) barrier (b) feed back (c) normative science
(c) fidelity (d) social science
(d) treatment
106. The principle under which custom religion 109. The extension of scientific knowledge to
is find out? villagers by specialists of the same area
(a) Principle of social change is known as the principle of:
(b) Principle of cultural differences (a) Panchayati Raj
(c) Principle of adaptability (b) local leadership
(d) Principle of whole family (c) modernisation
(d) None of the above

Answers
1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (d)
11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (a) 16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (a) 19. (d) 20. (d)
21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (b)
31. (b)
26. (d) 27. (d) 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (c)
32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (c) 36. (b) 37. (a)
41. (a) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (b)
42. (d) 43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (b) 46. (d)
51. (d) 52. (b)
47. (b) 48. (a) 49. (a) 50. (b)
53. (b) 54. (d) 55. (a) 56. (b) 57. (c) aD8. (a)
61. (c) 62. (c) 63. (d) 64. (a)
59. (d) 60. (c)
65. (d) 66. (a) 67. (a) 68. (a) 69. (d) 70. (b)
71. (c) 72. (b) 73. (c) 74. (0) 75. (a) 76. (b) 77. (c) 78. (d) 79. (d) 80. (a)
81. (a) 82. (c) 83. (d) 84. (C) 85. (d) 86. (c) 87. (c) 88. (a) 89. (a) 90. (c)
91. (d) 92. (b) 93. (c) 94. (b) 95. (d) 96. (a) 97. (c) 98. (b) 99. (d) 100. (a)
101. (a) 102. (C) 103. (d) 104. (b) 105. (b)
106. (a)107. (d) 108. (c) 109. (b)
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Objective Questions
4. Which one is not a system of farming ?
l. Profit is maximised when:
(a) MC = MR (b) MC <MR (a) State farming
(d) None of these (b) Collective farming
(c) MC > MR (c) Co-operative forming
inputs is achieved
4. Least cost combination of (d) Dry farming
when 5. Price elasticity of supply of food
PX,
(a)
PX1 (b
products is generally:
PX
PX (a) infinite (b) zero
PX1 () (c) more than one (d) less than one
(c) AX; PX
PX 6. Level of optimum
achieved by: production is
3. Sustainable agriculture can be available at:
(a) more resources (a) 1st stage of production
(b) more subsidies (b) 2nd stage of production
technological support (c) 3rd stage of production
(c) more (d) None of the above
(d) better prices of the produce
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Agricultural Economics
following is not a type of 16. The objective of preparation of calender
7. Which one of the of operation is:
farming? (b) Ranching (a) to prepare a cropping scheme
(a) Dry farming (b) to calculate the cost of production
(c) Joint farming (d) Mixed farming
(c) to assess thne need OT human and bullock
the co-operative better farming power
8. In
ownership of land is: (d) to adjust farm enterprises
(a) individual (b)collective
(c) Both 'a' and 'b' (d) None of the above 17. Suppose that cost Ag on a farm
726450 and the rent of the leased in
9. The Indian Farming" is published from: land is 2250. Cost A, on this farm will
(a) ICAR (b) IARI (c) CAZRI (d) ICRISAT be .
10. Farm management as a resource allocation (a) 24,000 (b) 28,700
proposition is related to: (c) 28,200 (d) 28,000
(a) intra-farm management 18. Break even point is determined by:
(b) inter-farm management (a) MC = MR (b) MC =AVC
(c) Both'a' and 'b' (c) MC =AC = AR (d) TR=TC
(d) inter-regional management
19. Which one of the following relationship
11. Development of farm sectors gives a boost to will provide least cost combination of
secondary sector and development of input use ?
primary and secondary sectors give a boost
to thetertiary sector. This is called the (b)
M P
(a
Product contribution of agriculture." This PX;
concept was coined by:
(b) RH Tuck PX PX
(a) Ragner Frisch (c) (d)
(c) Simon Kuznet (d) FH Knight AXy PX P
12. The paid out costs of a farmer is 500 and 20. Which one of the following principles is
fixed costs is 250. If the gross returns from employed in production when resources
farm business is 3700 the capital turn over are scarce?
would be: (a) Comparative advantage
(a) 17.42 (b) 9.80 (c) 4.93 (d) 3.33 (b) Equi-marginal principles
(c) Added cost is equal to added returns
13. Though all categories of farmers are (d) None of the above
interested in higher returns from their
enterprises, what they really try to 21. When AX1 PX, then we can:
maximise is:
AX PX
(a) net profit (a) do nothing
(b) profit as percentage of investment (b) goto substituting of Xto
(c) farm business income
(d) gross profit (C) employ any combinating of Xand
(d) employ X only
14. Do the T.C and the V.C increase tool of farm
with 22. Farm budget is
increase in the output:
(a) never management analysis:
(a) false (b) true
(b) yes
(c) partially (C) never include cost (d) None of these
(d) with decrease in output managed by
23. When a farm is
15. When a new variety of crop is Government officials it is called a:
(a) full budgeting is a must introduced: (a) state farming
(b) partial budgeting is required (b) peasant farming
(c) no budgeting is required (c) capitalistic farming
(d) only planning is needed (d) collective farming
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24. Which one of the

following pair is not 31. The Central Agmark Lab is located at:
correctly matched ? (a) Nagpur (b) Mumbai
(a) Elasticity of (c) Kolkata (d) Bengaluru
Stage 2nd of
production greater classical production 32. IBRD is synonyms to:
than unity function (a) Asian Development Bank
(b) Negative marginal Stage 3rd of (b) W.TO.
product
classical production (c) International Monetary Fund
function (d) World Bank
(c) Negative elasticity Stage 3rd of
of production classical production 33. Marginal physical product of a variable
function input is negative:
(d) Average product Stage 2nd of (a) only in 1st stage
decrease but is classical production (b) only in 3rd stage
greater than MP function (c) only in 2nd stage
(d) in 2nd and 3rd stage
25. Diversified farming is a kind of: 34. Match List Ist with list IInd and select
(a) system of farming (b) type of farming the correct answer using the codes given
(c) Both 'a' and 'b' (d) None of these below:
26. In peasent farming the owner of the land is: List I List II
(a) land lord (b) farmer (Farm income) (Measure)
(c) co-operative society (d) government A. Family labour income 1. G.l.cost A1
27. In state farming the owner of land is: B Farm business income 2. G.l.-cost Ag
(a) government (b) land lord (owner farmer)
(c) farmer (d) co-operative society C. Net income 3 G.I-cost B
28. The total fixed cost curve: D. Farm business income 4. G.J.-cost C
(a) increase with the level of output (tenant farmer)
(b) decrease as output increase Codes
(c) remain constant at all the output level B D
(d) None of the above (a) 2 1 4
(b) 1 2 4 3
29. The slope of the isocost line indicates: (c) 3 1
(a) marginal rate of substitution (d) 3 1 4 2
(b) ratio of factor prices 35. The 10th plan prop0ses a growth
(c) price effect
(a) 8.0 per cent per annum
rate of
(d) None of the above
(b) 6.5 per cent per annum
30. Read the following statements and mark (c) 5.5 per cent per annum
given
your answer according to the codes (d) 7.5 per cent per annum
below:
the first 36. The crop irrigated area of
1. For variable input APP = MPP in during 2001-02 is: Rajasthan
stage. the end of (a) 49.07 lakh hectare (b)
2. For variable input APP = MPP at hectare
61.34 lakh
the lst stage.
the start (c) 31. 90 lakh hectare (d)
3. For variable input APP = MPP at hectare
62.34 lakh
of 2nd stage.
MPP in the 2nd
4. For variable input APP = 37. The present area of
342.55 lakh hectareRajasthan
stage. (a) is:
Codes (b) 1 and 4 are true (b) 340.40 lakh hectare
(a) 1and 3 are true (c)
(d) 2 and 4 are true 366.65 lakh
(C) 2 and 3 are true (d) 334.42 lakh hectare
hectare
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duin 52. How 9ny additional jobs
38. Pure irrigated area of Rajasthai
2002 was: creat. during tl 10th live year plan?
(a) 61.34 lakh hectare (b) 40.58 lakh hectare (a) 4( llion (t, 50 million
(c) 52.84 lakh hectare (d) 49.07 lakh hectare illic
ion
39. Income taX is a: 53. l the iolowing iates
(a) indirect tax (b)direct tax "Maru Gochar Yojana" for the
(c) Both 'a' and 'b' (d) None of these rehabilitation of traditional pastures
has been proposed?
40. The percentage population of world lives in (a) Gujarat (b) Punjab
India is: (c) Maharashtra (d) Rajasthan
(a) 16.7 % (b) 17.1% (c) 18.1 % (d) 19.2%
54. Maximum growth rate during 2002-03
41. Exim bank was set-up in: in tax:
(a) 1980 (b) 1982 (c) 1981 (d) 1985 (a) income tax (b) excise duty
(c) corporate tax (d) custm duty
42. Loan to the foreign Government is type of:
(a) capital expenditure (b) revenue expenditure 55. Community development programme
(c) Both 'a' and 'b' (d) Neither 'a' nor 'b' was launched in India in:
(a) 1950 (b) 1951
43. Loan tothe public undertaking is part of: (d) 1956
(c) 1952
(a) plan expenditure (b) non-plan expenditure
(c) revenue expenditure (d) None of the above 56. Literacy rate in the country in 2001-02:
(a) 65.23% (b) 52.2%
44. Who is the Chairman of 12th finance (c) 65.38% (d) 75.38%
commission?
(a) C Rangarajan (b) YAlakh 57. The total number of major banks
(c) A MKhushroo (d) AHussain nationalised so far is:

45. From which institution agriculturist get (a) 19 (b) 20

maximum credit? (c) 18 (d) 15
(a) NABARD (b) Corporate bank 58. A personal account cannot be openedin:
(c) R and B (d) Commercial Bank (a) Reserve Bank of India
(b) State Bank of India
46. According to UNDP index. What is India's
position in the year 2002? (c) Government Bank of India
(d) Punjab National Bank
(a) 124th (b) 115th (c) 116th (d) 123th
59. The first Indian Bank was:
47. What is great divide year in the population ? (a) Trader's Bank
(a) 1911 (b) 1921 (c) 1931 (d) 1951
(b) A Schedule Bank
48. Fertiliser consumption on all India basis is: (c) Presidency Bank of Calcutta
(b) 100 kg/ha (d) None of the above
(a) 90 kg/ha nationalised in
(c) 101 kg/ha (d) 155 kg/ha 60. How many banks were
49. Full form of VAT is: 1969? (d) 17
(b) 14 (c) 15
(a) Value Added Tax (a) 16
(b) Value Applicable Tax Bank of India was
(c) Vetenary Science and Technology 61. The Reserve
established in:
(d) None of the above (c) 1932 (d) 1935
(a) 1920 (b) 1930
50. Under VAT, how many slabs there? Indian Governor 0l
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2 62. Who was the first India?
the Reserve Bank of (b) Sachindra Ray
51. The peak rate of the VAT is: (a) CD Deshmukh these
(a) 10% (b) 12.5% (c) 13.5% (d) 12.0% (c) S Mukherjee (d) None of
Agricultural Economics 73

63. In which year was the first bank 74. Regional Rural Banks under the
established:
(a) 1940 (b) 1810
in India
sponsorship of nationalised bank were
(c) 1820 (d) 1806 established in:
64. What is a
Scheduled
(a) A bank having Bank?
adeposit of 100
(a) 1963 (b) 1964 (c) 1973 (d) 1975
(b) A bank included in the crores 75. Agricultural price commission
2nd schedule of was established in:
Reserve Bank of India
(c) A bank with more (a) 1964 (b) 1965 (c) 1966 (d) 1967
(d) None of the than 50branches
above 76. For purchasing of seeds, fertilisers, etc.,
65. The population the loan distribution is called:
was: density in India during 2001 (a) short term loan (b) long term loan
(a) 318 person/sq. km (b) (c) medium term loan (d) None of these
(c) 292 person/sq. 324 person/sq. km
km (d) 326 person/sq. km 77. The second labour inquiry committee
66. Sex ratio of Indian was set-up in:
(a) 933 females population is: (a) 1947-48 (b) 1954-55
per/1000
(b) 927 females per/1000 males (c) 1955-56 (d) 1949-50
males
(c) 918 females per/1000 males 78. Giventhat: Y =1245Xs0xy08;
(d) 935 females per/1000 males
(a) output decrease (b) output constant
67. Literacy rate of women in the (c) output increase (d) date insufficient
2002: country in
79. When one buyer and larger seller, the
(a) 63.87% (b) 54.16% market condition is:
(c) 75.85% (d) 47.53% (a) perfect market (b) monopoly
68. Literacy rate of men in the country in 2002 (c) oligopoly (d) duopoly
Was: 80. Marginal rate of factor substitution
(a) 68.34% (b) 72.38%
(c) 75.38% (d) 75.83%
AX1eguivalent to:
69. The total population of India according to
2001 census: PX, (c) PY,
(b) 105 crores
(a)
PY
(b)
PY, (d) PY,
(a) 104 crores PX; PY
(c) 100.7crores (d) 102.7 crores
81. In the given diagram which one of the
70. Long term loan is given for the period of: following segment represents feasible
a) More than 5 years (b) 4 years zone ina linear programming problem?
(c) 1-4 years (d) 2-5 years (a) RPQ (b) QMN
(c) XNR (d) OARQM
established
(, Food Corporation of India was 82. A
in: normative farm plan is one which the
(a) January 1964 (b) January 1965 farmer:
(d) January 1963 (a) has already put into operation on his
(c) January 1966 farm
between
Z. A farmer which has land holding (b) should adopt during the current five year
1-2 hectare known as: plan period
(b) small farmer
(a) marginal farmer (c) had actually adopted in the earlier five
(d) optimal farmer year plan period
(c) large farmer
land holding between (d) should adopt
TO. A farmer which has
0-1 hectare known as:(b) marginal farmer 83. The share of
(a) small farmer
agriculture
national income of India: sector in
(d) agricultural labour
(c) large farmer (a) 28% (b) 30% (c) 32% (d) 34%
74 Agricultural Economics
the 93. Variable cost is also known ag:
84. The marginal cost-curve intersects
cost is:
average cost-curve when average (a) marginal cost (b)fixed cost
(a) maximum (b) rising (c) prime cost (d) implicit cost
(c) falling (d) minimum
94. Fixed cost also known as:
85. Uncertainity in agriculture can be (a) prime cost (b) Overthead cost
minimised through: (c) alternate cost (d) opportunity cost
(a) specialisation in crop production 95. Fixed cost also known as:
(b) use of hybrid varieties
(a) opportunity cost (b) prime cost
(c) diversified farming
(c) sunk Cost (d) explicit cost
(d) co-operative farming
96. Full form of PACS is:
86. Consumers are likely to get a variety of
goods under: (a) Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society
(b) Agriculture Price Commission Society
(a) monopoly
(b) oligopoly (c) Agricultural Crop Loan Scheme
(d) None of these
(c) monopolistic competition
(d) perfect competition 97. What is Taccavi?
(a) LDB loan (b) Government loan
87. Repayment capacity of loan of a farmer is (c) A crop scheme
judged on the basis of: (d) None of these
(a) total cropped land 98. Regional Rural Bank was established in
(b) crop and live stock raised the year :
(c) gross income of the farmer (a) 1975 (b) 1875 (c) 1979 (c) 1982
(d) net income of the farmer
99. First of all five RRBs were established
88. If substitution ratio is equal to price ratio in
than cost will be:
(a) increasing
(a) U.P (Muradabad and Gorakhpur,
(b) decreasing Haryana (Bhiwani), Rajasthan (Ajmer)
(c) maximum (d) minimum and W.B. (Malda)
88. Marginal cost isequal to: (b) U.P (Muradabad and Gorakhpur)
(a) change in total cost/change in output Haryana (Bhiwani),Rajasthan (Jaipur)
(b) change in total cost + 100 and Uttaranchal (Dehradun)
(C) average fixed cost (c) U.P.(Muradabadand Gorakhpur),
(a) average total cost Haryana (Bhiwani), Rajasthan (Jaipur)
and W.B. (Malda)
90. Which of the following is not a component of (d) None of the above
farm business?
(a) Land (b) Capital 100. Long term loan is granted for the period
(c) Water (d) Labour of:
(a) 5-20 years (b) 5-10 years
91. Which of the following is not farming system (c) 8-40 years (d) 5-30 years
on the basis of ownership and management
classification? 101. The additional increase in variable cos
(a) Dry farning with the additional increase in outputb
(b) Tenant farming called:
(c) State farming (a) fixed cost (b) variable cost
(d) Co-operative farming (c) marginal cost (d) implicit cost
more
92. When total cost is divided by total unit of 102. When marginal production then
production, we get: than average production
(a) marginal cost (b) average cost elasticity of production will be?
(c) total cost (d) prime cost (a) More than one (b)Less than one
(c) Equal to one (d) Equal to zero
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103. Rent is the price paid for the

who said it: use of land' 107. For fertilisers, seeds purchasing, the
(a) Carber loan distributed is called:
(b) Richardo (a) medium term loan (b) long term loan
(c) Keynes (d) None of these (d) All of these
(c) short term loan
104. Which of the following is direct tax?
(a) Income tax 108. For purchasing tractor, pumpsets, etc.,
the loan is distributed for:
(b) Corporate tax (a) short term loan
(c) Sale tax
(d) None of the above (b) medium term loan
(c) long term loan
105. In classical production function, rational (d) None of the above
zone is always: 109. Extension in demand means
(a) seCond zone
(b) first Zone
(c) third zone (a) change in dernand due to change in
(d) None of these income
106. The cost which are not paid to other, are (b) change in demand due to change in
called: price
(a) explicit cost (c) Both 'a' and 'b':
0ar
(b) implicit cost (d) None of the above
(c) Both 'a' and 'b' (d) variable cost

ed in
Answers
1982 1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (b) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (c)
ished 11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (6) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (a) 20. (a)
21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (a) 24. (a) 25. (b) 26. (b) 27. (a) 28. (c) 29. (b) 30. (c)
31. (a) 32. (a) 33. (C) 34. (b) 35. (a) 36. (b) 37. (a) 38. (d) 39. (b) 40. (a)
41. (b) 42. (a) 43. (b) 44. (a) 45. (d) 46. (a) 47. (b) 48. (a) 49. (a) 50. (b)
51. (b) 52. (b) 53. (d) 54. (C) 55. (c) 56. (C) 57. (b) 58. (a) 59. (c) 60. (b)
61. (d) 62. (a) 63. (d) 64. (b) 65. (b) 66. (a) 67. (b) 68. (c) 69. (d) 70. (a)
aipu) 73. (b) 74. (d) 75. (b) 76. (a) 77. (c) 78. (b) 79. (c) 80. (c)
71. (b) 72. (b)
81. (d) 82. (d) 83. (a) 84. (d) 85. (c) 86. (c) 87. (a) 88. (d) 89. (a) 90. (c)
lajcu) 93. (c) 94. (b) 95. (c) 96. (a) 97. (b) 98. (a) 99. (c) 100. (d)
91. (a) 92. (b)
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