1. Among the non-foodgrain crops, the largest area is devoted to cultivation of

2. The Green Revolution in India is largely the result of

3. Consider the following statements : A. Regarding the procurement of foodgrains, the Government of India follows a procurement target rather than an open-ended procurement policy. B. The Government of India announces minimum support prices only for cereals C. For distribution under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), wheat and rice are issued by the Government of India at uniform Central issue prices to the States/Union Territories. Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

4. Consider the following statements. A. The loans disbursed to farmers under Kisan Credit Card Scheme are covered under Rashtriya Krishi Bima Yojna of Life Insurance Corporation of India B. The Kisan Credit Card holders are provided personal accident insurance of ' 50, 000 for accidental death and ' 25,000 for permanent disability Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

5. Banks are issuing Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs) to farmers for which of the following purposes? I. Providing adequate and timely support from the banking system for their cultivation needs. II. Purchasing of all inputs in a flexible and cost-effective manner.

6. For which of the following purposes are long-term loans given in agriculture?

7. The main element of the All India Rural Credit Survey includes

8. Directions: Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are individually true and if so, whether the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion. Select your answers to these items using the codes given below: Codes:

9. Low productivity of agriculture in India is not caused by

10. Which of the following organizations was established under the auspices of 'Operation Flood' and Anand, Gujarat to promote, plan and organize dairy development through cooperatives?

11. The first ever National Agriculture Policy was announced by the Government in the year _______.

12. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

13. With which crop has the Green Revolution in India been associated?

14. Which of the following schemes was initiated as a pilot project in October 2004 for the production, promotion, certification and market development of Organic Farming in India?

15. Which decade of Indian planning has been the best for agricultural growth?

16. Which of the following are the objectives of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP)? A. To stabilize agricultural prices B. To ensure meaningful real income levels to the farmers C. To protect the interest of the consumers by providing essential agricultural commodities at reasonable rates through public distribution system D. To ensure maximum price for the farmer

17. The farmers are provided credit from a number of sources for their short- and long-term needs. The main sources of credit to the farmers include

18. Achieving substantial growth in production in wheat in the future depends on A. Area expansion B. Developing marketing infrastructure C. More and better inputs

19. The main crop seasons are

20. Consider the following reasons of continuous decline in average land holding size in India: (1) Farm mechanisation (2) Consolidation (3) Desire of land ownership (4) Law of inheritance Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

21. Agriculture marketing in India has certain defects that do not include

22. 'Self-sufficiency' in food, in the true sense of freedom from hunger, has not been achieved in India in spite of a more than threefold rise in foodgrains production over 1950 to 1990. Which of the following are the reasons for it? A. the green revolution has been restricted to small pockets of the country. B. the cost of food is too high compared to the earnings of the poor C. too much emphasis is laid on wheat and paddy compared to the coarse grains. D. the gains of the green revolution have largely accrued to the cash crop rather than food crops.

23. The prices at which the government purchases foodgrains for maintaining the public distribution system and for building up buffer stock is known as (2001)

24. Yield per hectare of rice was 771 kg at the commencement of the First Five- Year Plan, which increased to _____ as a result of the Green Revolution in the country

25. The government produces foodgrains from cultivators primarily to