Practice Quiz set 4 - indian economy mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Gray Revolution belongs to
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Q-2) Yellow Revolution refers to the production of
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Yellow revolution refers to the production of oil seeds.
Q-3) Vegetable Oil has been India’s largest non-oil import commodity. In this context please consider the following reasons. - The Food grain are grown more in India because of the remunerative support prices
- The Oil seed cultivation in India is mostly dependent upon the Rain fed Areas
- The import of Vegetable oil has been cost effective
Which among the above statements hold correct ?
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Q-4) What is the contribution of livestock in agricultural sector?
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Livestock contributes 25 per cent of gross value added in the agriculture sector and provides self-employment to about 21 million people.
Growth of livestock output averaged 4.8 per cent per annum during the Eleventh Plan recovering from an average of 3.6 per cent in the Ninth and the tenth Plans.
Q-5) Ministry of Agriculture has decided that despite adequate stocks of wheat and rice, India will not export these commodities. What are the reason(s) for this decision ? - Indian variety of wheat and rice are in limited demand abroad.
- National Food Security Bill provides 25 kg of wheat or rice to all BPL families. Huge stock of grains will be needed for this initiative.
- As nations recover from global recession, a formula is being worked out, where imports and exports will be conducted by exchange of surplus commodities with the trading nations. India will use its food stocks for such trade.
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Q-6) Consider the following statements: India continues to be dependent on imports to meet the requirement of oilseeds in the country because- farmers prefer to grow foodgrains with highly remunerative support prices.
- most of the cultivation of oilseed crops continues to be dependent on rainfall
- oils from the seeds to tree origin and rice bran have remained unexploited
- it is far cheaper to import oilseeds than to cultivate the oilseed crops
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Q-7) Which one of the following agencies of Indian Government implements the price support scheme (PSS)?
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In Order to help the farmers in getting remunerative prices for their produce with a view to encouraging higher investment and also to increase production and productivity of a commodity, the government declares Minimum Support Price (MSPs) for 25 notified agricultural commodities for each Kharif & Rabi crop season.
National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) is one of the Central Nodal Agencies which implements PSS.
Q-8) Which statement is correct regarding Evergreen Revolution? - The emphasis in this revolution is on sustainable agriculture by means of organic and green agriculture.
- Dr. MS Swaminathan gave this concept
- It includes the use of integrated pest management, nutrient supply and resource management.
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The emphasis in this revolution is on sustainable agriculture by means of organic and green agriculture. Dr. MS Swaminathan gave this concept. It includes the use of integrated pest management, nutrient supply and resource management.
Q-9) Which one of the following crops have been exceeding target since 2004-05 in India but its growers have been committing suicide in large numbers in many parts of the country every year?
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A study conducted in 2014 found that there are three specific characteristics associated with high-risk farmers:
- “those that grow cash crops such as coffee and cotton;
- those with ‘marginal’ farms of less than one hectare; and
- those with debts of 300 Rupees or more.”
The study also found that the Indian states in which these three characteristics are most common had the highest suicide rates and also accounted for “almost 75% of the variability in state-level suicides.
Q-10) The minimum support price for the common variety of paddy announced by the government of India for the year 2012-2013 is
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