Description : The main function of NABARD is— (A) Farmers' loaning (B) Agricultural research (C) Refinancing to agricultural financing institutions (D) Development of agriculture
Last Answer : (C) Refinancing to agricultural financing institutions
Description : During last five years, which of the following Institutions have extended the largest amount of fresh credit for agriculture in India among all the institutions given in the list ? (A) ... Cooperative Banks (D) Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (E) Regional Rural Banks and Local Area Banks
Last Answer : (E) Regional Rural Banks and Local Area Banks
Description : NABARD is a Bank for _____________ development A. Urban B. Agricultural and Rural C. Scientific D. Agriculture and research
Last Answer : B. Agricultural and Rural
Description : Main Institute for Agriculture Research & Education in India is? A. NABARD B. GBPUAT C. ICAR D. IARI
Last Answer : C. ICAR
Description : Who determines the minimum support price in India? a) The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices b) The Agriculture Ministry c) The Finance Commission d) NABARD
Last Answer : a) The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
Description : Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), which is mandated with export promotion of scheduled products including fruits, vegetables, poultry, meat, dairy etc, ... Industries c. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare d. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Last Answer : d. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Description : Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), which is mandated with export promotion of scheduled products including fruits, vegetables, poultry, meat, dairy etc, functions under which ministry? a. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Description : 'Green Banking' means : (1) Banks financing agriculture (2) Banks financing irrigation projects (3) Banks financing farmers (4) Banks financing pro environmental projects
Last Answer : (4) Banks financing pro environmental projects Explanation: Green Banking refers to practices and guidelines that make banks sustainable in economic, environment, and social dimensions. Green banking is ... a green bank by directing its core operations towards the betterment of the environment.
Description : ‘Green Banking’ means : (1) Banks financing agriculture (2) Banks financing irrigation projects (3) Banks financing farmers (4) Banks financing proenvironmental projects
Last Answer : Banks financing proenvironmental projects
Description : 'NABARD' is associated with the development of - (1) agricultural sector and rural areas (2) heavy Industries (3) banking sector (4) real estates
Last Answer : (1) agricultural sector and rural areas Explanation: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has been accredited with "matters concerning policy, planning and ... providing investment and production credit for promoting the various developmental activities in rural areas.
Description : ‘NABARD’ is associated with the development of (1) agricultural sector and rural areas (2) heavy industries (3) banking sector (4) real estates
Last Answer : agricultural sector and rural areas
Description : The National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) aims at which of the following? a. Enhancing agricultural productivity, protection of resources such as land, water, biodiversity and ... mechanism. d. Providing Irrigation benefits to the farmers to ensure early completion of projects.
Last Answer : a. Enhancing agricultural productivity, protection of resources such as land, water, biodiversity and genetic resources by developing strategies to make agriculture more resilient to climate change.
Description : Which of the following institutions is responsible for the supervision of RRBs? A. RBI B. SEBI C. NABARD D. GOI E. Both (A) and (C)
Last Answer : E. Both (A) and (C) Explanation: NABARD has been sharing with the Reserve Bank of India certain supervisory functions in respect of cooperative banks and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs).
Description : Which factor is necessary for the development of democratic institutions? (1) Strong military forces (2) Respect for individual rights (3) A one-party system (4) An agricultural economy
Last Answer : (2) Respect for individual rights Explanation: Respect for individual rights is one of the prerequisites for the development of democratic institutions. Examples of individual rights include the ... , liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Individual rights and democracy are mutually reinforcing.
Description : ______ Is the apex body in India for research and education pertaining to Agriculture? A. Agricultural Support and Services Project B. Indian Council of Agricultural Research C. State Agricultural Universities D. Department of Agricultural Extensions
Last Answer : B. Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Description : The high yielding hybrid crop varieties to exploit hybrid vigour, the farmers need to Purchase fresh hybrid seed every year because: (a) Hybrid vigour is not long standing due to inbreeding ... (c) It is always associated with 4ncreased heterozygosity (d) Government has accepted Dunkel's proposals
Last Answer : Ans. ((a))
Description : Green manure plants used by farmers mainly belong toa) Compositae b) Leguminosae c) Solanaceae d) Poaceae
Last Answer : b) Leguminosae
Description : Which bank enjoys monopoly power of note issue? (a) NABARD (b) Agricultural bank © Industrial bank (d) Central bank.
Last Answer : (d) Central bank.
Description : Which is the apex bank for agricultural credit in India? (a) RBI ; (b) SIDBI ; (c) NABARD ; (d) IDBI
Last Answer : (c) NABARD ;
Description : A variety or strain produced by horticultural or agricultural techniques and not normally found in natural population is called a) Hybrid b) Tissue culture c) GMO d) Cultivar
Last Answer : d) Cultivar
Description : The second Green Revolution aims at increasing agricultural output to promote (1) Availability of easy credit to big farmers (2) Co-operative farming (3) Inclusive growth (4) Development of rural sector
Last Answer : (3) Inclusive growth Explanation: In the Indian context, the Second Green Revolution is a change in agricultural production widely thought necessary to feed and sustain the growing population on ... as partners of development instead of a mere beneficiary of some government schemes or programme.
Last Answer : Inclusive growth
Description : Sub-prime lending refers to ________ A. lending done by banks at rates below PLR B. Funds raised by the banks at sub-libor rates C. Group of banks which are not rated as ... institutions including banks to customers not meeting with normally required credit appraisal standards E. All of the Above
Last Answer : D. lending done by financing institutions including banks to customers not meeting with normally required credit appraisal standards Explanation: In finance, subprime lending (also referred to ... schedule, sometimes reflecting setbacks, such as unemployment, divorce, medical emergencies, etc.
Description : PACS, an institute of NABARD works at the gram panchayat and village level. In PACS, A stands for? a. Accredit b. Agriculture c. Asset d. Advisory
Last Answer : b. Agriculture
Description : NABARD, a bank, is the nodal agency for 1. Agriculture finance 2. Street industry finance 3. Automobile finance 4. Petrochemical finance 5. None of these
Last Answer : Agriculture finance
Description : Indian Journal of Agriculture Sciences is published by a. IARI b. ICAR c. Dept. of Agriculture d. NABARD
Last Answer : b. ICAR
Description : PACS, an institute of NABARD works at the gram panchayat and village level.In PACS, A stands for? a. Accredit b. Agriculture c. Asset d. Advisory
Description : The word 'Agriculture' is derived from— a) Greek b) Latin c) Arabic d) French
Last Answer : b) Latin
Description : The University Grants Commission was established with which of the following aims? (a) Promotion of research and development in higher education (b) Identifying and sustaining institutions of potential learning (c) Capacity building of teachers ... ) (C) (a), (b) and (c) (D) (b), (c) and (d)
Last Answer : Answer: C
Description : Main function of biofertilizer is a) To increase chemical process b) To increase physiological process c) To increase biological process d) To increase photosynthesis process
Last Answer : c) To increase biological process
Description : Why is the US giving aid to China? Aren't they loaning us money? Does this sound insane to you?
Last Answer : We pay for their college? You have so much hatred in your explanations. I know there are programs where foreign students can come here and study but it requires a lot of money on their part. The ... of the American dollar actually belongs to China. I'd like to see the source you are talking about.
Description : Presumably you are familiar with the fable of the frog and the scorpion....so how come we are loaning money to a class of people who are genetically programed to sting us?
Last Answer : The dream I had last night was about whether or not American car companies would get stimulus monies or not. This afternoon my mom tells me how it went down and my hopes for viable business sifting to the top, re structuring so workers could go where better needed, the hope died.
Description : Where are there real borrowing and loaning groups?
Last Answer : Did you try the search function?
Description : Is a service that banks provide Exchanging money Loaning money Printing money Trading stocks?
Last Answer : Feel Free to Answer
Description : In India, which bank has the highest share in the disbursement of credit to agriculture and allied activities? a) Cooperative Banks b) Regional Rural Banks c) Commercial Banks d) Microfinance institutions
Last Answer : Answer- c
Description : How was the agricultural adjustment act meant to help farmers?
Last Answer : By raising crop prices
Description : Why is that India has one of the lowest agricultural yields in the world? (a) Summers are very hot (b) Lack of fertile soil (c) Farmers being poor and illiterate do not use modern farming techniques (d) Occurrence of frost at night
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : When farmers follows agricultural practices in their own way and managers and organizers of their farm business
Last Answer : Ans. Peasant faming
Description : Agricultural Technology is hard to spread because : (1) it has to be adopted to local conditions. (2) rural people are not receptive (3) farmers are afraid to experiment on land for fear of failure. (4) all of the above
Last Answer : (4) all of the above Explanation: There are many benefits of using technology in agriculture system, but there are also negative aspects. Technology transfer is most difficult in ... by the existing national conditions and social system, the limits of production are empirically foreseeable.
Description : ARGEX is an agricultural expert system that gives correct advice to farmers. a) True b) False
Last Answer : a) True
Description : The National Agricultural Insurance Scheme in its first two years of operation envisaged to cover...... (A) all crops-grown by small and marginal farmers only (B) all crops-cultivated with ... of farmers (D) only horticultural crops (E) only seven commercial crops-grown under contract farming system
Last Answer : (B) all crops-cultivated with the help of crop loans only irrespective of the size of holding of the borrowers
Description : Which among the following does not belong to welfare schemes for the farmers? a) Kisan Credit Card Scheme b) SHG Bank Linkage Programme c) National Agricultural Insurance Scheme d) Employee Referral Scheme
Last Answer : d) Employee Referral Scheme
Description : As per agricultural census, marginal farmers are those who have land holdings upto? a. 2 hectare b. 1.5 hectare c. 1 hectare d. 0.5 hectare
Last Answer : c. 1 hectare
Description : The total agricultural land in a village is 1200 hectares. This is distributed among 320 families who form four groups in the following pattern. It is assumed that the land is distributed equally within each group. Identify the group of small ... B 180 300 C 30 300 D 10 300 (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
Last Answer : B 180 300
Description : Agricultural Technology is hard to spread because : (1) it has to be adopted to local conditions. (2) rural people are not receptive (3) farmers are afraid to experiment on land for fear of failure. (4) all of the above.
Last Answer : all of the above.
Description : Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD) is a premier training establishment promoted by NABARD. Where is BIRD located? a. Ludhiana b. Lucknow c. Nashik d. Jabalpur e. Bhopal
Last Answer : b. Lucknow
Description : Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) was instituted by which of the following? a. NABARD b. RBI c. Finance Ministry d. Ministry of Home Affairs e. None of the above
Last Answer : a. NABARD
Description : Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD) is a premier training establishment promoted by NABARD. Where is BIRD located? a. Bhopal b. Jabalpur c. Nashik d. Lucknow
Last Answer : d. Lucknow
Description : Development of Sporophyte from gametophyte tissue without fusion of gametes is: (a) Apospory (b) Apogamy (c) Apomixis (d) Parthenogenesis
Last Answer : Ans. ((b))