Expert Commerce Academy
Class 12th
Rural development
Nery Short: (1 mark each)
1. Define rural development.
2. What has happened to the agriculture output during 2007-12?
3. Define credit.
4. What is the function of a micro-credit programme?
5. Why are moneylenders a popular source of rural credit?
6. When was NABARD set up?
7. What is agricultural marketing?
8. What is cooperative marketing?
9. What is agricultural diversification?
[Link] the category that accounts for the largest share in livestock in India
Short answer (3 marks each)
1. Why is rural development important?
[Link] efforts has the government made for rural development?
3. Discuss the changes that have taken place in Indian::: agriculture and rural sector
since initiation of reforms
4.. What are the limitations of non-institutional sources of credit?
.5 What are significant features of moneylenders as a source of rural credit?
6 Discuss in brief the defects of agricultural credit. What was the need for a state.
intervention to regulate the activities of the private traders?
7 Distinguish between 'Green Revolution' and 'Golden Revolution'
[Link] Questions:(5 marks each)
1. Explain the various non-institutional sources of rural credit in India.
2. What are the sources of institutional credit in India? Explain.
3. Suggest some measures for the improvement of rural credit.
4. . Critically evaluate the role of the rural banking system in the process of rural
development in India.
5 "Jan-Dhan-Yojna helps in the rural development." Do youagree with this statement?
Explain.
1 Name the great leader ot ind1a who Unce said" The real growth and expansion of Industrial
urban centers but mainly the development of the Villages".
[Link] Nehru
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
d. None of these
2 The growth rate of agriculture sector decelerated to about- percent per annum during th
1991-2012.
a.2 b. 4
c. 3 d. 4
3 . The-----was a harbinger of major changes in the credit system as it leads to the diversificati
of the portfolio of rural credit towards production oriented lending.
a. Golden Revolution b. Green Revolution
c. White Revolution d. None of these.
4 Which source of credit had emerged to fully integrate the formalcredit system into the over:
rural social and community development?
(a) Self-help Groups
(b)Regional Rural Banks
(c) Commercial Banks
(d) Land Development Banks
Which one is not the Non Institutional source of Credit?
a. Moneylenders
b. Relatives
c. landlord
d. Commercial Banks
6 .Agriculture Marketing does not comprise of ----
a. Assembling
b. Processing
c. Credit Facilities
d. Transportation
i) Golden Revolution (a) 1982
(ii) Green Revolution (b) 1966
(iii)) First Nationalization of
Commercial banks in India (c) 1991
(iv) NABARD (d) 1969
Choose the write options
a. (i) a, (ii) b, (ii) c, (iv) d
b,. (i) c, (ii) b, (iii) a , (iv) d
c. (i) c .(ii) b, (iii) d. (iv) a
d. (i)b, (ii) c, (ii) d, (iv) a
Select the correct combinations of alternative marketing channels and their states:
(i) Apni Mandi - Pune
(ii) Uzhavar sandies- Tamil Nadu
(iii)Raythu Bazar- Andhra Pradesh
(iv) Big Bazar- Bihar
a. i& ii
b. ii & ii
c. iii & I
d. I & iv
Which among the following is a process that involves the assembling, storage, processing.
Transportation, packaging, grading, and distribution of different agricultural commodities
across the country?
(a) Agricultural Management
(b) Agricultural Banking
(c) Agricultural Diversification.
(d) Agricultural Marketing
10 Which of the following option is not correct about Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) :
a. SAGY was introduced in October, 2014
b. In this scheme every MP have to take two village from their constituencies by 2016
c. According to the scheme, the village can have a population of 3000 - 5000 in the plains and
1000- 3000 in the hills.
d. Village should not be MP'S own or their spouse's village.