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Fundamentals of Rural Development Practice Test: Introduction to Rural Development
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Rural development is the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas, often relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas. Rural development has traditionally centered on the exploitation of land-intensive natural resources such as agriculture and forestry. (Source: Wikipedia) The main goals of rural development are: Improving the quality of life of the rural population.  To improve the infrastructure of the rural areas.  To reduce unemployment by providing opportunities for employment.  To provide clean water, education facilities,... Show more
Fundamentals of Rural Development Practice Test: Introduction to Rural Development
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25 Questions

1. Under the Ambedkar Vishesh Rozgar Yojana (AVRY), the unit cost of the project will not be lower than
2. ________ were launched under sectoral development programmes.
3. CDD stands for______
4. Which strategy advocates redistribution of land and overhaul of land relations?
5. Rural areas have _______ of hospital as compared to urban areas.
6. Rural development implies raising the _______ status of the rural population.
7. In India _____ % of the population still lives in villages.
8. Who have written the book “Capital and Growth” ?
9. ADB stands for_____ .
10. Rural development is a ________ in nature.
11. _________ dimension is concerned with provision of support and facilities for social development of poor and low income rural households.
12. Inclusive rural development aims to enhance the _________ of all members of rural society.
13. In_______ areas, agriculture and allied activities are predominant.
14. ________ dimension is concerns with improving opportunities for the poor and low income people in rural areas.
15. Under _________ approach, a specialized or a target group( say, comprised of marginal and small farmers, landleas agriculture labourers) is undertaken and researched upon for whom special programmes are undertaken.
16. GOI is using_____ trinity to make the Government support available to the poor.
17. The magazine ‘Panchayat Darpan’ launched to monitor the progress of which Yojana?
18. ________ dimension comprises of providing capacity building and opportunities for the poor and low income rural households.
19. ______ approach presumes that the growth centers have a geographical spread effect that the regions, which are deficient in terms of infrastructure or resources, needs to be adequately develope(D)
20. Growing ______ between the urban and rural population can lead to political instability in the country.
21. GOI stands for_________
22. As per which strategy a large number of small farms co-exist with a small number of large size holdings.
23. Package approach was ment to _______ agricultural production in the country.
24. Broad front approach was adopted by _____ .
25. NABARD was set up in