agriculture sector subsidy & food processing section 8 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 36

What is NABARD?

1. They are apex institution for providing credit facility to agricultural and rural areas.
2. These are the most important source of rural credit.
3. They provide finance rural credit directly through Regional Rural Banks (RRBs).

a) Only II

b) I & II

c) Only I

d) None of the above

Question : 37

Consider the following statements regarding the 20th Livestock Census:

1. Uttar Pradesh has the largest number of cattle populations
2. Maharashtra has the largest poultry population

a) Both (i) & (ii)

b) (i) only

c) (ii) only

d) Neither (i) nor (ii)

Question : 38

Which statement is correct regarding TPDS?

1. It is targeted for rich people.
2. It is targeted to poor people.
3. This system started when the procurement and issue prices of PDS items saw a rise with the ushering in of economic reforms in the 1990s.

a) II & III

b) I & III

c) Only III

d) None of the above

Question : 39

Which of the following is correct statement?

1. Agriculture is the primary occupation in India as it provides direct livelihood to 59% of its labour force
2. In India, 75% of below the poverty line (BPL) population lives in rural areas, and is directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture.
3. Agriculture contributes to more than 13.7% (2013) of GDP, although this share has progressively declined from 57% in 1950-51.
4. In developed countries, like the UK and USA, the share of agriculture in GDP is only around 2%.

a) I, II & III

b) I & II

c) I & III

d) All the above

Question : 40

In which of the following years was the Food Corporation of India (FCI) set up ?

a) 1960

b) 1955

c) 1965

d) 1970