agriculture sector subsidy & food processing section 9 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 6

Which one of the following five year plans has the highest GDP growth rate in Agriculture sector in India ?

a) Seventh Five Year Plan

b) Eighth Five Year Plan

c) Sixth Five Year Plan

d) Ninth Five Year Plan

Answer: (b)

The growth performance of the agriculture sector has been fluctuating across the plan periods . It witnessed a growth rate of 4.8 per cent during the Eighth plan period (1992–97).

Question : 7

Which among the following has been discontinued after the Cabinet decision in small saving schemes?

a) Kisan Vikas Patras (KVP)

b) National Saving Certificates (NSC)

c) Monthly Income Scheme (MIS)

d) Recurrent Deposit Schemes

Answer: (a)

Question : 8

Consider the following statements:

  1. The Union Government fixes the statutory minimum price of sugarcane for each sugar season.
  2. Sugar and sugarcane are essential commodities under the Essential Commodities Act.
Which of these statements is/are correct?

a) 1 and 2 both

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) None

Answer: (a)

The Union Government fixes the statutory minimum price of sugarcane for each sugar season. Sugar and sugarcane are essential commodities under the Essential Commodities Act.

So both statements are correct.

Question : 9

With reference to the agriculture sector of India, consider the following statements

  1. Rural Infrastructure Development Fund disperses loans to the states to complete the minor irrigation projects.
  2. Rural Infrastructure Development Fund is managed by the public sector Commercial Banks.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) Both 1 and 2

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (b)

Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) was instituted in NABARD with an announcement in the Union Budget 1995-96 with the sole objective of giving low-cost fund support to State governments and state-owned corporations for quick completion of ongoing projects relating to medium and minor irrigation, soil conservation, watershed management and other forms of rural infrastructure.

Question : 10

First Agricultural University in India was established in

a) Kanpur

b) Kumarganj, Faizabad

c) Jabalpur

d) Pant Nagar

Answer: (d)

G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUA&T, Pant Nagar, Uttara Khand) is the first agricultural university in India.

It was inaugurated by Jawahar Lal Nehru on 17 November 1960.

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