agriculture sector subsidy & food processing section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Consider the following reasons :

1. Lack of irrigation facilities, low productivity of land.
2. Single crop mode of cultivation.
3. Indian Agriculture gamble on the monsoon.

a) 1 and 3

b) 2 and 3

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) 2 only

Question : 2

What is the main aim of the Agriculture and Allied sector in the approach paper to the Twelfth Five Year Plan?

a) To achieve the growth rate of more than 5%.

b) To achieve the target of compounded GDP growth rate of 58%.

c) Redouble the efforts to ensure 4% average growth.

d) Redouble the efforts to ensure 6% average growth.

Question : 3

What are the main objectives of an agriculture price policy?

1. To ensure that the producer gets a minimum remunerative price.
2. To maintain reasonable terms of trade between agricultural sectors.
3. To maintain the general price level and protect the non-producing consumer from violent fluctuations in the price of food grains.

a) All the above

b) Only I

c) I & II

d) None of the above

Question : 4

Public Distribution System (PDS) is operated under the responsibility of the:

1. Central Government
2. State Governments

a) Both 1 and 2

b) Only 1

c) Only 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Question : 5

“Everything else can wait, but not agriculture”. The statement is attributed to

a) J.L. Nehru

b) Jagjivan Ram

c) Mahatma Gandhi

d) Sardar Patel

Question : 6

Consider the following statements :

1. National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) was launched in the Sixth Five Year Plan of the Indian Economy.
2. The growth rate of the primary sector of the Indian Economy sector never reached 8% during the planning history of the Indian economy.

a) Both 1 and 2

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) Neither 1 nor 2