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

Question : 1

Which one of the following agencies is not included in the operation of the Kisan Credit Cards?

a) Co-operative Banks

b) Scheduled Commercial Banks

c) Regional Rural Banks

d) NABARD

Question : 2

The Indian Institute of Horticultural Research is located at which among the following places?

a) Jaipur

b) Bhopal

c) Lucknow

d) Bengaluru

Question : 3

What are the functions of NABARD?

1. It is associated with the policy, planning, operation and even monitoring levels for providing agricultural credit.
2. Its primary task is to function as a refinancing institution for all types of lending for agricultural and rural development.
3. In addition to this, it provides term credit to state cooperative banks, regional rural banks, land development banks and state governments (only for share capital contribution to cooperative credit societies).

a) II & III

b) Only I

c) I & II

d) All the above

Question : 4

Which of the following state is/are included under the Oil Palm Development Programme under ISOPOM ?

a) Gujarat

b) Tripura

c) Tamil Nadu

d) All of the above

Question : 5

Pink revolution is related to

a) Oil seeds

b) Milk

c) Onions

d) Wool

Question : 6

The farmers are provided credit from a number of sources for their short and long term needs. The main sources of credit to the farmers include :

1. the Primary Agricultural Co-operative Societies, Commercial Banks, RRBs and Private money lenders.
2. the NABARD, RBI, Commercial banks and Private money lenders.
3. the District Central Co-operative Banks (DCCB), the lead banks, IRDP and JRY
4. the Large Scale Multi-purpose programme, DCCB, IFFCO and Commercial banks.

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 1 only

c) All of the above

d) 3 and 1 only