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NABARD Grade A Rural Development — practice questions

Explore 30 free Rural Development questions in NABARD Grade A Economic and Social Issues. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

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In Palampur, as in most Indian villages, the main production activity is:Read the answer and worked solution →In Palampur the majority of land is owned by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Small manufacturing, transport and shopkeeping in a village are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Tools, machines and buildings used over many years are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Raw materials and money in hand, which get used up in production, are:Read the answer and worked solution →Land, labour, physical capital and human capital are together known as:Read the answer and worked solution →In the kharif season, Palampur farmers grow jowar and bajra, which are used as:Read the answer and worked solution →Palampur farmers can grow three crops a year mainly because of:Read the answer and worked solution →Before tubewells, farmers in Palampur drew water from wells using:Read the answer and worked solution →What share of India's cultivated area is irrigated even today?Read the answer and worked solution →Growing more than one crop on a piece of land in a year is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Green Revolution of the late 1960s introduced farmers to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which states were the first to try modern farming methods in India?Read the answer and worked solution →With HYV seeds, Palampur's wheat yield rose from 1300 kg per hectare to:Read the answer and worked solution →Continuous tubewell irrigation in Green Revolution areas has led to:Read the answer and worked solution →Labourers in Palampur accept lower wages because of:Read the answer and worked solution →Small farmers borrow for capital from large farmers, traders or:Read the answer and worked solution →Tejpal Singh lends Savita money for four months at an interest rate of:Read the answer and worked solution →Mishrilal's electric sugarcane crusher turns cane into:Read the answer and worked solution →Kishora bought a buffalo with a cheap bank loan given under a government programme for:Read the answer and worked solution →Small farmers make up about what share of all farmers in India?Read the answer and worked solution →For non-farm activities to expand, loans should be available at a:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the non-farm workRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the factors of productionRead the answer and worked solution →Steer into the village laneRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the farming wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Fixed or workingRead the answer and worked solution →Which seasonRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Village economy bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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In Palampur, as in most Indian villages, the main production activity is:

  1. Farming
  2. Transport
  3. Dairying
  4. Trading
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Correct answer: A. Farming

1. Villages across India depend on the land. 2. Other activities run on a limited scale. 3. Farming is the main activity. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 1, The Story of Village Palampur._

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In Palampur the majority of land is owned by the:

  1. Traders of Shahpur
  2. 80 upper caste families
  3. Dalit farm labourers
  4. The state government
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Correct answer: B. 80 upper caste families

1. The village has about 450 families. 2. Land is very unequally held. 3. Eighty upper caste families own most of it. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 1, The Story of Village Palampur._

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Small manufacturing, transport and shopkeeping in a village are called:

  1. Non-farm activities
  2. Farming activities
  3. Irrigation works
  4. Multiple cropping
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Correct answer: A. Non-farm activities

1. Farming is the main activity. 2. Everything else is grouped together. 3. These are the non-farm activities. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 1, The Story of Village Palampur._

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