agriculture sector subsidy & food processing section 2 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

The Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana of Government of India envisages the development in the following fields in India:

1. Production of Pulses and Oilseeds
2. Production of Fodder
3. Development of Rainfed areas of India
4. Cultivation of Saffron
5. Development of Vegetable clusters

a) 1, 3 & 4

b) 1, 2 & 3

c) 1, 3, 4 & 5

d) 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

Question : 2

What is Cooperative collective farming?

1. Where the society holds the land and leases it to individual members.
2. Where land is irrevocably surrendered to the collective.
3. Where the farmers pool their land and reap the economies of scale, although the ownership continues to remain with the individual farmer.

a) Only III

b) I & II

c) Only II

d) None of the above

Question : 3

The National Mission for Saffron has been launched as a sub-scheme of which among the following programmes?

a) National Horticulture Mission

b) National Food Security Mission

c) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

d) National Cash Crop Programme

Question : 4

Which of the following statement is correct?

1. ISOPOM provides flexibility to states in implementation based on a regionally differentiated approach for promoting crop diversification and providing a focus to the programme.
2. This scheme is under implementation in the country for the increasing area, production and yield of these crops from 2009-10
3. The pulses component was merged with NFSM w.e.f. April 2013.

a) Only II

b) I & II

c) Only I

d) All the above

Question : 5

Consider the following statements :

1. In India, more than 85% agriculture workers are mainly casual labourers.
2. Agriculture labourers in India are mainly dominated by the backward classes.

a) 2 only

b) 1 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Netiher 1 nor 2

Question : 6

Which of the following statements are true regarding “Open Market Sale Scheme”:

a) It is done by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to sell shares

b) It is done by Reserve Bank of India to sell Govt. securities

c) It is done by Food Corporation of India to sell food grains

d) It is done by companies listed on stock exchange to issue shares