agriculture notes for competitive exams-TNPSC Agriculture Officers Exam 2012-Part 8

TNPSC Exam- Agriculture Officers Exam held on 2012-Part 8

176. Expansion of ‘GATT’ is

A)   General Arrangement on Tariff and Trade

B)   Government Agreement on Trade and Tariff

C)  General Agreement on Tariff and Trade

D)  Government Arrangement on Tour and Trade

Answer: C

177. Agricultural Price Commission is now known as

A)   Commission on Agricultural Prices

B)   Commission on Agricultural Cost and Prices

C)  Agricultural Prices and Cost Commission

D)  None of the above

Answer: B

178. The apex institution in the field of rural credit is

A)   Industrial Development Bank of India

B)   State Bank of India

C)  Reserve Bank of India

D)  National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

Answer: D

179. Which of the following is not a characteristic of PRA?

A)   Quick

B)   Interactive

C)  Team effort

D)  Rigidity

Answer: D

180. Television is an

A)   Audio aid

B)   Visual aid

C)  Audio-visual aid

D)  None of the above

Answer: C

181. Taccavi loans are the loans from

A)   Private sector

B)   Government

C)  Individual money lender

D)  All the above

Answer: B

182. Major commercial banks were nationalized in

A)   1967

B)   1969

C)  1971

D)  1973

Answer: B

183. Marketed surplus is

A)   Less than the total production

B)   More than the total production

C)  Equal to total production

D)  None of the above

Answer: A

184. Match List I with List II by using the codes given below:

              List I                                                 List II

(a)  Bulb                                     1.         Gladiolus

(b)  Corm                                   2.         Onion

(c)   Rhizome                              3.         Potato

(d)  Tuber                                   4.         Turmeric

Codes:

               a          b          c          d

A)           1          2          4          3

B)           2          1          4          3

C)           1          2          3          4

D)           2          1          3          4

Answer: B

185. Eri silkworms are commercially reared on

A)   Mulberry leaves

B)   Castor leaves

C)  Tobacco leaves

D)  None of the above

Answer: B

186. Factors influencing Elasticity of supply

A)   Availability of Input of Production

B)   Length of Time Period

C)  Diversification of Production Activity

D)  All the above

Answer: D

187. Loans extended for a period varying from 15 months to 5 years is known as

A)   Short term loan

B)   Medium term loan

C)  Long term loan

D)  Clean loan

Answer: B

188. Fertilizer recommendation for hybrid cotton is

A)   150 : 75 : 75 kg NPK/ha

B)   100 : 40 : 40 kg NPK/ha

C)  120 : 60 : 60 kg NPK/ha

D)  100 : 50 : 50 kg NPK/ha

Answer: A

189. An example of green leaf manure is

A)   Glyricidia

B)   Sunnhemp

C)  Daincha

D)  Sesbania rostrata

Answer: A

190. Trade in textiles and clothing is governed by an agreement known as

A)   Multilaterate Trading Agreement

B)   Multi-fibre Agreement

C)  General Agreement on Trade in Services

D)  None of the above

Answer: B

191. Minimum size of the farm below which the output of a farm will be too small to maintain

A)   Reasonable holding

B)   Minimum holding

C)  Economic holding

D)  High standard holding

Answer: C

192. Reserve Bank of India was set up in the year

A)   1904

B)   1934

C)  1935

D)  1948

Answer: C

193. The most common method exists in regulated markets is

A)   Open auction system

B)   Close tender system

C)  Moghum Sale

D)  Dara Sale

Answer: B

194. Supporting prices of agricultural commodities are announced by

A)   Agricultural Universities

B)   ICAR

C)  State Government

D)  Agricultural Price Commission

Answer: D

195. CGIAR means

A)   Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

B)   Consultative Group on Indian Agricultural Research

C)  Consultative Group on Innovative Agricultural Research

D)  Contact Group on Indian Agricultural Review

Answer: A

196. Maximum Support Price (MSP) is fixed based on

A)   Average Cost of Production

B)   Maximum Cost of Production

C)  Over all Profit

D)  Total Cost of Production

Answer: A

197. Levy Prices applies to

A)   Farmers

B)   Traders

C)  Farmers and Traders

D)  None

Answer: C

198. Expansion of IFOAM is

A)   International Foreign Agriculture meeting

B)   International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement

C)  International Forum of Agricultural Movement

D)  International Federation of Agricultural Countries Meeting

Answer: B

199. In NABARD, extent of refinance under various activities includes

A)   Pilot Rainfed Projects

B)   Waste Land Development Scheme

C)  None Farm Sector Scheme & Agro Processing Promoting Units

D)  All the above

Answer: D

200. Oligopoly market refers to

A)   Differentiated or Undifferentiated products or services

B)   Few firms are in market

C)  Firm may be price maker

D)  All the above

Answer: D