Agriculture and Rural Development ARD & Economic & Social Issues ESI MCQ study material For Nabard Gr A & B Exam
NABARD
GR A & B ESI & ARD SAMPLE MCQ’s
• • How has the global human population grown between the
Industrial Revolution of around 1750 and 2013?
a) 771 million to
7.1 billion
b) 1.65 billion to
7.1 billion
c) 771 million to
8.2 billion
d) 1.65 million to
8.2 billion
• In what
type of society have human beings lived for the majority of the time humans
have been on planet Earth?
a) agrarian
societies
b) pastoral
societies
c) hunter-gatherer
societies
d) industrial
societies
• How do
sociologists describe former ‘Third World’ societies that have moved towards an
economic base in industrial production?
a) developing
countries
b) peripheral
countries
c) globalizing
countries
d) newly
industrializing countries
• Which
definition best describes the process of globalization?
a) capitalist
companies are spreading across the planet
b) we all now live
in a single society
c) individuals,
groups and nations are becoming more interdependent
d) human beings now
live on every continent of the planet
• Wallerstein’s
world-systems theory is inspired by:
a) Marxism
b) Interactionism
c) Functionalism
d) Poststructuralism
• What
proportion of world trade is accounted for by transnational corporations?
a) four fifths
b) two thirds
c) one quarter
d) half
• Which of
the following is not part of the argument made against globalization by
sceptics?
a) regionalization
is occurring, not globalization
b) economic
globalization is occurring, not political globalization
c) trading blocs are
effective, not a global economy
d) national
governments are most significant, not international institutions
• In 2011,
which world region had the lowest proportion of Internet users per head of
population, but also the fastest rate of growth in users?
a) Middle East
b) Asia
c) Oceania /
Australia
d) Africa
• The
thesis of glocalization is associated with which theorist?
a) Ulrich Beck
b) Kenichi Ohmae
c) Roland Robertson
d) Judith Butler
• Which of
the following is a true statement?
a) human beings have
existed on earth for about half a million years
b) agriculture is
only around twelve thousand years old
c) civilizations
date back around six thousand years
d) all of the above
• Which of
the following is NOT an example of a pre-modern social form:
a) agrarian society
b) ancient society
c) industrial
society
d) pastoral society
• 'Cultural
relativism' is the idea that societies have to be studied in terms of their:
a) own meanings and
values
b) family and kin
relationships
c) artistic and
literary production
d) religious and
spiritual beliefs
• Which of
these classification terms, when in use, would never have been used to
describe, for example, Ghana in Africa?
a) developing
b) globalSouth
c) majorityworld
d) secondWorld
• Which of
the following positions is NOT associated with the hyperglobalizers?
a) citizens lose
faith in existing systems of governance
b) globalization
needs to happen much more quickly
c) individual countries
no longer control their own economies
d) regional
institutions are becoming as powerful as nation-states
• Which one
of these is NOT one of the 'newly industrializing countries'?
a) Brazil
b) South Korea
c) Taiwan
d) Hungary
• Which of
the following is NOT an INGO?
a) Greenpeace
b) International
Telegraph Union
c) Amnesty
International
d) The Red Cross
• Put the
GDPs of these countries in descending order:
a) Sweden,
Switzerland, Norway, Portugal
b) Sweden, Norway,
Switzerland, Portugal
c) Portugal,
Switzerland, Norway, Sweden
d) Switzerland,
Norway, Portugal, Sweden
The correct answers are:
• How has
the global human population grown between the Industrial Revolution of around
1750 and 2013?
a) 771 million to 7.1 billion
• In what
type of society have human beings lived for the majority of the time humans
have been on planet Earth?
c) hunter-gatherer societies
• How do
sociologists describe former ‘Third World’ societies that have moved towards an
economic base in industrial production?
d) newly industrializing countries
• Which
definition best describes the process of globalization?
c) individuals, groups and nations are becoming more
interdependent
• Wallerstein’s
world-systems theory is inspired by:
a) Marxism
• What
proportion of world trade is accounted for by transnational corporations?
b) two thirds
• Which of
the following is not part of the argument made against globalization by
sceptics?
b) economic globalization is occurring, not political
globalization
• In 2011,
which world region had the lowest proportion of Internet users per head of
population, but also the fastest rate of growth in users?
d) Africa
• The
thesis of glocalization is associated with which theorist?
c) Roland Robertson
• Which of
the following is a true statement?
d) all of the above
• Which of
the following is NOT an example of a pre-modern social form:
c) industrial society
• 'Cultural
relativism' is the idea that societies have to be studied in terms of their:
a) own meanings and values
• Which of
these classification terms, when in use, would never have been used to
describe, for example, Ghana in Africa?
d) secondWorld
• Which of
the following positions is NOT associated with the hyperglobalizers?
b) globalization needs to happen much more quickly
• Which one
of these is NOT one of the 'newly industrializing countries'?
d) Hungary
• Which of
the following is NOT an INGO?
b) International Telegraph Union
• Put the
GDPs of these countries in descending order:
a) Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Portugal
1. Jute cultivation in India is concentrated in the delta
area of which of the following rivers?
a. Ganga
b. Mahanadi
c. Brahamputra
d. Godavari
Answer (a).
2. Which of the following is the largest irrigation canal in
India?
a. Buckingham
Canal
b. Sirhind
Canal
c. Indira
Gandhi Canal
d. Sutlej
Yamuna Link Canal
Answer (c).
3. Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the
decreasing order of production (in million tonnes) of the given foodgrains in
India?
a. Wheat -
Rice - Pulses - Coarse cereals
b. Rice -
Wheat - Pulses - Coarse cereals
c. Wheat -
Rice - Coarse cereals - Pulses
d. Rice -
Wheat - Coarse cereals - Pulses
Answer (d). For 2011-12, the production for rice, wheat,
coarse cereals and pulses has been 105.31, 94.88, 42.04 and 17.09 million
tonnes respectively.
4. The eyes of potato are useful for
a. Nutrition
b. Respiration
c. Vegetative
Propagation
d. Protection
from predators
Answer (c).
5. What is Slash and Burn Agriculture?
a. method of
sugarcane cultivation
b. process
of deforestation
c. agriculture
without irrigation
d. jhum
cultivation
Answer (d).
6. Rotation of crops means
a. growing
of different crops in the same area in sequential seasons.
b. shifting
of area of same crops.
c. growing
two or more crops simultaneously to increase productivity.
d. alternating
crops with fruits over a period of years.
Answer (a).
7. The nitrogen present in the atmosphere is
a. of no use
to plants
b. injurious
to plants
c. directly
utilized by plants
d. utilized
through micro-organisms
Answer (d).
8. Which is the largest cotton growing State in India?
a. Maharashtra
b. Madhya
Pradesh
c. Andhra
Pradesh
d. Gujarat
Answer (d).
9. The variety of coffee largely grown in India is -
a. Old
Chicks
b. Coorgs
c. Arabica
d. Kents
Answer (c).
10. Under which plan did the Government introduce an
agricultural strategy which gave rise to Green Revolution?
a. Third
Five-Year Plan (FYP)
b. Fourth
FYP
c. Fifth
FYP
d. Second
FYP
Answer (b).
11. Laterite soil develops as a result of-
a. Deposits
of alluvial
b. Deposition
of loess
c. Leaching
of sedimentary rocks
d. Wind-blown
dust
Answer (c).
12. What kind of soil is treated with gypsum to make it
suitable for cropping?
a. Aluvial
b. Acidic
c. Water-logged
d. Soil with
excessive clay content
Answer (d).
13. The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2013 as
the International Year of ____
a. Quinoa
b. Buckwheat
c. Rice
d. Jatropha
Answer (a).
14. Which one of the following is known as a pseudocereal?
a. Wheat
b. Quinoa
c. Horse
gram
d. Barley
Answer (b).
15. Besides Rabi and Kharif, which is the third crop season
in India?
a. Zaid
b. Barsati
c. Sharad
d. Jhum
Answer (a).
16. Kharif crops are harvested in -
a. June -
July
b. October -
November
c. May -
June
d. March -
April
Answer (b).
17. Coating urea with which of the following has been found
to increase the yield of crops?
a. Lime
b. Ash
c. Neem oil
d. Eucalyptus
oil
Answer (c).
Poultry, Egg and Meat
1. The
technique first described to determine the incipient spoilage in meat was
A.homogenate
extract volume (HEV)
B.agar Plate Count (APC)
C.extract Release Volume (ERV)
D.none of the above
Answer: Option C
2. Which of
the following is responsible for a musty or earthy flavor?
A.Actinomycetes
B.Flavobacterium
C.both (a) and (b)
D.Pseudomonas syncyanea
Answer: Option A
________________________________________
3. Molds
causing spoilage of eggs include species of
A.Cladosporium
B.Mucor
C.Thamnidium
D.all of these
Answer: Option D
________________________________________
4. Vacuum
packaged meats are spoiled by
A.thermosphacta
B.Lactobacilli
C.Both (a) and (b)
D.none of these
Answer: Option C
________________________________________
5. More
spoilage of eggs is caused by
A.bacteria
than molds
B.molds than bacteria
C.synergistically
D.none of these
Answer: Option A
6. The
growth of Streptomyces on straw or elsewhere near the egg may produce
A.musty
or earthy flavors
B.hay odour
C.fishy flavor
D.cabbage-water flavor
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option A
________________________________________
7. Unopened,
sliced bacon, packaged in material somewhat highly resistant to oxygen
permeability, is spoiled mostly by
A.Lactobacilli
B.Micrococci
C.fecal Streptococci
D.molds
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option A
________________________________________
8. Pink rots
in eggs is caused by the strains of
A.Pseudomonas
B.Pseudomonas fluorescens
C.species of Micrococcus or Bacillus
D.none of the above
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option A
________________________________________
9. Beef hams
are made spongy by species of
A.Rhodotorula
B.Bacillus
C.Pseudomonas
D.red Bacillus
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option B
10. The red
color of meat, called its bloom, may be changed to shades of green, brown or
grey as a result of production of oxidizing compounds by bacteria. Which of the
following species are reported to cause the greening of sausage?
A.Lactobacillus
B.Leuconostoc
C.Both (a) and (b)
D.Pseudomonas
Answer: Option C
11. Yellow
discolorations in meat are caused by bacteria with yellow pigments, usually
species of
A.Micrococcus
B.Flavobacterium
C.both (a) and (b)
D.Pseudomonas syncyanea
Answer: Option C
________________________________________
12. Which of
the following (s) is/are responsible for the green patches on the surface of
meats under aerobic conditions?
A.P.
expansum
B.P. asperulum
C.P. oxalicum
D.All of these
Answer: Option D
________________________________________
13. Which of
the following microorganisms grow in beef at a temperature of 15°C and above?
A.Micrococci
B.Pseudomonas
C.Both (a) and (b)
D.Lactobacillus
Answer: Option C
________________________________________
14. Green rots
in eggs is chiefly caused by
A.Pseudomonas
fluorescens
B.Micrococcus or Bacillus species
C.Molds or yeasts
D.all of the above
Answer: Option A
________________________________________
15. Black rots
in eggs is most commonly caused by
A.species
of Proteus
B.species of Micrococcus or Bacillus
C.molds or yeasts
D.all of these
Answer: Option A
1. Which one
of the following was launched with the objective of helping the poor in rural
areas to become self-employed?
a) DPAP
b) IRDP
c) TRYSEM
d) DDP
2. In Indian
economy, the principal means of transportation is
a) airways
b) railways
c) waterways
d) roadways
3. Which of
the following organizations looks after the credit needs of agriculture and
rural development in India?
a) FCI
b) IDBI
c) NABARD
d) ICAR
4. Which of
the following estimates the National Income in India?
a) Central Statistical Organization
b) National Income Committee
c) Planning commission
d) Reserve Bank of India
5. In India
which of the following taxes is levied by the state governments?
a) Excise duty on liquor
b) Capital gains tax
c) Customs tax
d) corporation tax
6. Which
industry employs the largest number of women in India?
a) tea
b) textile
c) jute
d) coal
7. Which of
the following is not a cash crop?
a) Jute
b) groundnut
c) jowar
d) sugarcane
8. An
economy is at the ‘take off’ stage on its path to development when it
a) becomes stagnant
b) begins steady growth
c) is liberalized
d) gets maximum foreign aid
9. Which
among the following treaties provided for a common currency for the member
countries of European Community?
a) Brussels Treaty
b) Geneva Convention
c) Maastricht Treaty
d) Treaty of Versailles
10. SEBI
stands for
a) Science and Engineering Board of India
b) Securities and Exchange Board of India
c) Social Equity Bureau of India
d) Science and Educational Board of India
Answers
1. TRYSEM
2. railways
3. NABARD
4. Central
Statistical Organization
5. Excise
duty on liquor
6. tea
7. jowar
8. begins
steady growth
9. Mastricht
Treaty
10. Securities
and Exchange Board of India
MCQ Rural Marketing
Q1) The demand for goods in India and services in India
depends largely on ?
oAgriculture
oRainfall
oInflation
oIncome( ans- agriculture)
Q2)___________media have a greater effect than the
impersonal ones in the rural marketing context?
oPersonal
oImpersonal
oDirect
oIndirect(ans-personal)
Q3) India is a land of agriculture and most of the
population resides in :-
oVillages
oCities
oUrban area
oTowns(ans-Villages)
Q4) Marketing has been recognized as a profession in :-
o1980
o1960
o1970
o1950(Ans-1950)
Q5) the government is motivation students who are raduates
in :-
oRural Marketing
oRural development
oMarketing Education
oAll of the above(Ans- all of the above)
1. Percentage
of protein in fish is:
A. Less than
30 B. 30 - 35
C. 35 - 40 D. Above
40
Answer: Option A
2. (A x B) x
C is:
A. Single
cross B. Double cross
C. Three way
cross D. Top cross
Answer: Option C
3. ______ is
gram-positive:
A. Xanthomonas B. Corynebacterium
C. Pseudomonas D. Erwinia
Answer: Option B
4. _______
convert nitrite (NO2) compounds into nitrates (NO3):
A. Nitrobacter B. Nitrosomonas
C. Rhizobium D. Azotobacter
Answer: Option A
5. _______
converts ammonia into nitrite:
A. Nitrobacter B. Nitrosomonas
C. Rhizobium D. Azotobacter
Answer: Option B
6. _______
the physical methods used for controlling nematodes:
A. Heat B. Radiation
C. Osmotic
pressure D. All of the above
Answer: Option D
7. Alley
cropping' means:
A. Growing
of pastures in between two widely spaced rows of fast growing trees B. Growing
of field crops in between two widely spaced rows of fast growing trees
C. Growing
of only short duration crops in between two widely spaced rows of fast growing
trees D. Growing
of only fooder crops in between two widely spaced rows of first growing trees
Answer: Option B
8. Which one
of the following statement is correct?
A. Blue
green algae fix 20-30 kg N/ha in a rice field B. Blue green algae fix 40-50 kg N/ha
in a rice field
C. Blue
green algae fix 8-10 kg N/ha in a rice field D. Blue green algae fix 60-70 kg N/ha
in a rice field
Answer: Option A
9. Ascent of
cell sap' from root to the treetop is exercised by:
A. Phloem B. Xylem
C. Cambium
cell D. Lanticles
Answer: Option B
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10. Which one
of the following seed rate (kg/ha) is not correctly matched with crop?
A. Wheat =
100 B. Urd = 20
C. Maize =
18 D. Mustard = 20
11. Layering'
is useful for propagation of:
A. Rose B. Garlic
C. Lemon D. Sugarcane
Answer: Option A
12. Which one
of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A. Shantiniketan:
F. L. Brayne B. Gurgon Experiment: Daniel Hmilton
C. Etawah
Pilot Project: Arthur T. Mosher D. Marthandam Project: Spencer Hatch
Answer: Option D
13. Which one
of the following is the structure concerned with photorespiration?
A. Mitochondria B. Peroxisome
C. Ribosome D. Lysosome
Answer: Option B
14. Which one
of the following is not narrow leavd weeds?
A. Cynodon
dactylon B. Cyprus rotundus
C. Setaria
glouca D. Melilotus indica
Answer: Option D
15. Range' is
the measurement between:
A. Highest
and lowest B. Medium and owest
C. Average
and highest D. None of above
Answer: Option A
16. Which of
the following is not correctly matched?
A. Unorganized
market organization B. Regulated market - Control
C. Perfect
market - Competition D. Terminal market - Area
Answer: Option D
17. Record
keeping' should be characterized by:
A. Completeness B. Accuracy
C. Simplicity D. All
of the above
Answer: Option D
18. What will
be the nutritive ratio of the feed which contains 70% T.D.N and 14% D.C.P.?
A. 1;4 B. 1;5
C. 1;0.2 D. None
of above
Answer: Option B
19. "Fluid
mosaic model" relates to the structure of:
A. Cell Wall B. Protoplasm
C. Biomembrane D. Nucleic
acid
Answer: Option C
20. "Hollow-heart"
disease of sugar beet is caused due to:
A. Salt
toxicity B. Boron deficiency
C. Moisture
stress D. Air pollutant
Answer: Option B
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