agriculture sector subsidy & food processing section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

The Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) is situated in Mysore. It is a constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi and came into existence during 1950.

Answer: (b)

In India, commercial banks have the highest share in the disbursement of credit to agriculture and allied activities.The commercial banks disburse around 60% credit followed by cooperative banks around 30% and RRB and others.

Answer: (a)

The growth in agriculture and allied sectors is a necessary condition for inclusive growth in India. Agriculture including allied activities accounted for about 55% of employment in the country according to Census 2011.

Answer: (d)

Bihar is the first state to impose agricultural income tax in India. Agricultural income tax is levied on the income from Agriculture.

At present agriculture is subjected to two direct taxes and they are Agricultural Income-tax and Land Tax. They are levied by the state governments. Bihar was the first state in India to levy a tax on agricultural income in 1938.

Answer: (c)

Green revolution’s main focus was on the production of only 2 cereals wheat and rice.

Answer: (d)

There are about 20,000 varieties of orchids in the world out of which about 1200 accounts in India. The ecological condition and climate variation in Arunachal Pradesh are so much favourable that the state holds about 60% of the Indian variety of orchids.

Till today about 605 spp. of orchids of Arunachal Pradesh have been identified and the work is in progress. The flowering of orchids depends on seasonal conditions and variations.