NABARD GR A & B SAMPLE MCQs

How has the global human population grown between the Industrial Revolution of
around 1750 and 2013?

a) 771 million to 7.1 billion

b) 1.65 billion to 7.1 billion

c) 771 million to 8.2 billion

d) 1.65 million to 8.2 billion

In what type of society have human beings lived for the majority of the time humans have been
on planet Earth?

a) agrarian societies

b) pastoral societies

c) hunter-gatherer societies

d) industrial societies

How do sociologists describe former Third World societies that have moved towards an
economic base in industrial production?

a) developing countries

b) peripheral countries

c) globalizing countries

d) newly industrializing countries

Which definition best describes the process of globalization?

a) capitalist companies are spreading across the planet

b) we all now live in a single society

c) individuals, groups and nations are becoming more interdependent

d) human beings now live on every continent of the planet

Wallersteins world-systems theory is inspired by:

a) Marxism
 b) Interactionism

c) Functionalism

d) Poststructuralism

What proportion of world trade is accounted for by transnational corporations?

a) four fifths

b) two thirds

c) one quarter

d) half

Which of the following is not part of the argument made against globalization by sceptics?

a) regionalization is occurring, not globalization

b) economic globalization is occurring, not political globalization

c) trading blocs are effective, not a global economy

d) national governments are most significant, not international institutions

In 2011, which world region had the lowest proportion of Internet users per head of population,
but also the fastest rate of growth in users?

a) Middle East

b) Asia

c) Oceania / Australia

d) Africa

The thesis of glocalization is associated with which theorist?

a) Ulrich Beck

b) Kenichi Ohmae

c) Roland Robertson

d) Judith Butler

Which of the following is a true statement?

a) human beings have existed on earth for about half a million years
 b) agriculture is only around twelve thousand years old

c) civilizations date back around six thousand years

d) all of the above

Which of the following is NOT an example of a pre-modern social form:

a) agrarian society

b) ancient society

c) industrial society

d) pastoral society

'Cultural relativism' is the idea that societies have to be studied in terms of their:

a) own meanings and values

b) family and kin relationships

c) artistic and literary production

d) religious and spiritual beliefs

Which of these classification terms, when in use, would never have been used to describe, for
example, Ghana in Africa?

a) developing

b) globalSouth

c) majorityworld

d) secondWorld

Which of the following positions is NOT associated with the hyperglobalizers?

a) citizens lose faith in existing systems of governance

b) globalization needs to happen much more quickly

c) individual countries no longer control their own economies

d) regional institutions are becoming as powerful as nation-states

Which one of these is NOT one of the 'newly industrializing countries'?

a) Brazil
 b) South Korea

c) Taiwan

d) Hungary

Which of the following is NOT an INGO?

a) Greenpeace

b) International Telegraph Union

c) Amnesty International

d) The Red Cross

Put the GDPs of these countries in descending order:

a) Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Portugal

b) Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Portugal

c) Portugal, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden

d) Switzerland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden

The correct answers are:

How has the global human population grown between the Industrial Revolution of around 1750
and 2013?

a) 771 million to 7.1 billion

In what type of society have human beings lived for the majority of the time humans have been
on planet Earth?

c) hunter-gatherer societies

How do sociologists describe former Third World societies that have moved towards an
economic base in industrial production?

d) newly industrializing countries

Which definition best describes the process of globalization?

c) individuals, groups and nations are becoming more interdependent

Wallersteins world-systems theory is inspired by:

What proportion of world trade is accounted for by transnational corporations?

b) two thirds

Which of the following is not part of the argument made against globalization by sceptics?

b) economic globalization is occurring, not political globalization

In 2011, which world region had the lowest proportion of Internet users per head of population,
but also the fastest rate of growth in users?

d) Africa

The thesis of glocalization is associated with which theorist?

c) Roland Robertson

Which of the following is a true statement?

d) all of the above

Which of the following is NOT an example of a pre-modern social form:

c) industrial society

'Cultural relativism' is the idea that societies have to be studied in terms of their:

a) own meanings and values

Which of these classification terms, when in use, would never have been used to describe, for
example, Ghana in Africa?

d) secondWorld

Which of the following positions is NOT associated with the hyperglobalizers?

b) globalization needs to happen much more quickly

Which one of these is NOT one of the 'newly industrializing countries'?

d) Hungary

Which of the following is NOT an INGO?

b) International Telegraph Union

Put the GDPs of these countries in descending order:

1. Jute cultivation in India is concentrated in the delta area of which of the following rivers?

a. Ganga

b. Mahanadi

c. Brahamputra

d. Godavari

Answer (a).

2. Which of the following is the largest irrigation canal in India?

a. Buckingham Canal

b. Sirhind Canal

c. Indira Gandhi Canal

d. Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal

Answer (c).

3. Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of production (in million
tonnes) of the given foodgrains in India?

a. Wheat - Rice - Pulses - Coarse cereals

b. Rice - Wheat - Pulses - Coarse cereals

c. Wheat - Rice - Coarse cereals - Pulses

d. Rice - Wheat - Coarse cereals - Pulses

Answer (d). For 2011-12, the production for rice, wheat, coarse cereals and pulses has been 105.31,
94.88, 42.04 and 17.09 million tonnes respectively.

4. The eyes of potato are useful for

a. Nutrition

b. Respiration

c. Vegetative Propagation
d. Protection from predators

Answer (c).

5. What is Slash and Burn Agriculture?

a. method of sugarcane cultivation

b. process of deforestation

c. agriculture without irrigation

d. jhum cultivation

Answer (d).

6. Rotation of crops means

a. growing of different crops in the same area in sequential seasons.

b. shifting of area of same crops.

c. growing two or more crops simultaneously to increase productivity.

d. alternating crops with fruits over a period of years.

Answer (a).

7. The nitrogen present in the atmosphere is

a. of no use to plants

b. injurious to plants

c. directly utilized by plants

d. utilized through micro-organisms

Answer (d).

8. Which is the largest cotton growing State in India?

a. Maharashtra

b. Madhya Pradesh

c. Andhra Pradesh

d. Gujarat
Answer (d).

9. The variety of coffee largely grown in India is -

a. Old Chicks

b. Coorgs

c. Arabica

d. Kents

Answer (c).

10. Under which plan did the Government introduce an agricultural strategy which gave rise to Green
Revolution?

a. Third Five-Year Plan (FYP)

b. Fourth FYP

c. Fifth FYP

d. Second FYP

Answer (b).

11. Laterite soil develops as a result of-

a. Deposits of alluvial

b. Deposition of loess

c. Leaching of sedimentary rocks

d. Wind-blown dust

Answer (c).

12. What kind of soil is treated with gypsum to make it suitable for cropping?

a. Aluvial

b. Acidic

c. Water-logged

d. Soil with excessive clay content

Answer (d).
13. The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2013 as the International Year of ____

a. Quinoa

b. Buckwheat

c. Rice

d. Jatropha

Answer (a).

14. Which one of the following is known as a pseudocereal?

a. Wheat

b. Quinoa

c. Horse gram

d. Barley

Answer (b).

15. Besides Rabi and Kharif, which is the third crop season in India?

a. Zaid

b. Barsati

c. Sharad

d. Jhum

Answer (a).

16. Kharif crops are harvested in -

a. June - July

b. October - November

c. May - June

d. March - April

Answer (b).

17. Coating urea with which of the following has been found to increase the yield of crops?
a. Lime

b. Ash

c. Neem oil

d. Eucalyptus oil

Answer (c).

Poultry, Egg and Meat

1. The technique first described to determine the incipient spoilage in meat was

A.homogenate extract volume (HEV)

B.agar Plate Count (APC)

C.extract Release Volume (ERV)

D.none of the above

Answer: Option C

2. Which of the following is responsible for a musty or earthy flavor?

A.Actinomycetes

B.Flavobacterium

C.both (a) and (b)

D.Pseudomonas syncyanea

Answer: Option A

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3. Molds causing spoilage of eggs include species of

A.Cladosporium

B.Mucor

C.Thamnidium

D.all of these

Answer: Option D

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4. Vacuum packaged meats are spoiled by

A.thermosphacta

B.Lactobacilli

C.Both (a) and (b)

D.none of these

Answer: Option C

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5. More spoilage of eggs is caused by

A.bacteria than molds

B.molds than bacteria

C.synergistically

D.none of these

Answer: Option A

6. The growth of Streptomyces on straw or elsewhere near the egg may produce

A.musty or earthy flavors

C.fishy flavor

D.cabbage-water flavor

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

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7. Unopened, sliced bacon, packaged in material somewhat highly resistant to oxygen

A.Lactobacilli

B.Micrococci

C.fecal Streptococci

D.molds

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

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8. Pink rots in eggs is caused by the strains of

A.Pseudomonas

B.Pseudomonas fluorescens

C.species of Micrococcus or Bacillus

D.none of the above

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

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9. Beef hams are made spongy by species of

A.Rhodotorula

B.Bacillus

C.Pseudomonas

D.red Bacillus

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

10. The red color of meat, called its bloom, may be changed to shades of green, brown or grey as a
result of production of oxidizing compounds by bacteria. Which of the following species are reported to
cause the greening of sausage?

A.Lactobacillus

B.Leuconostoc

C.Both (a) and (b)

D.Pseudomonas

Answer: Option C

11. Yellow discolorations in meat are caused by bacteria with yellow pigments, usually species of

A.Micrococcus

B.Flavobacterium

C.both (a) and (b)

D.Pseudomonas syncyanea

Answer: Option C

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12. Which of the following (s) is/are responsible for the green patches on the surface of meats
under aerobic conditions?
 A.P. expansum

B.P. asperulum

C.P. oxalicum

D.All of these

Answer: Option D

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13. Which of the following microorganisms grow in beef at a temperature of 15C and above?

A.Micrococci

B.Pseudomonas

C.Both (a) and (b)

D.Lactobacillus

Answer: Option C

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14. Green rots in eggs is chiefly caused by

A.Pseudomonas fluorescens

B.Micrococcus or Bacillus species

C.Molds or yeasts

D.all of the above

Answer: Option A

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15. Black rots in eggs is most commonly caused by

A.species of Proteus
B.species of Micrococcus or Bacillus

C.molds or yeasts

D.all of these

Answer: Option A

1. Which one of the following was launched with the objective of helping the poor in rural areas to
become self-employed?

a) DPAP

b) IRDP

c) TRYSEM

d) DDP

2. In Indian economy, the principal means of transportation is

a) airways

b) railways

c) waterways

d) roadways

3. Which of the following organizations looks after the credit needs of agriculture and rural
development in India?

a) FCI

b) IDBI

c) NABARD

d) ICAR
4. Which of the following estimates the National Income in India?

a) Central Statistical Organization

b) National Income Committee

c) Planning commission

d) Reserve Bank of India

5. In India which of the following taxes is levied by the state governments?

a) Excise duty on liquor

b) Capital gains tax

c) Customs tax

d) corporation tax

6. Which industry employs the largest number of women in India?

a) tea

b) textile

c) jute

d) coal

7. Which of the following is not a cash crop?

a) Jute

b) groundnut

c) jowar

d) sugarcane

8. An economy is at the take off stage on its path to development when it

b) begins steady growth

c) is liberalized

d) gets maximum foreign aid

9. Which among the following treaties provided for a common currency for the member countries
of European Community?

a) Brussels Treaty

b) Geneva Convention

c) Maastricht Treaty

d) Treaty of Versailles

10. SEBI stands for

a) Science and Engineering Board of India

b) Securities and Exchange Board of India

c) Social Equity Bureau of India

d) Science and Educational Board of India

Answers

1. TRYSEM

2. railways

3. NABARD

4. Central Statistical Organization

5. Excise duty on liquor

6. tea

7. jowar

8. begins steady growth

10. Securities and Exchange Board of India

MCQ Rural Marketing

Q1) The demand for goods in India and services in India depends largely on ?

oAgriculture

oRainfall

oInflation

oIncome( ans- agriculture)

Q2)___________media have a greater effect than the impersonal ones in the rural marketing context?

oPersonal

oImpersonal

oDirect

oIndirect(ans-personal)

Q3) India is a land of agriculture and most of the population resides in :-

oVillages

oCities

oUrban area

oTowns(ans-Villages)

Q4) Marketing has been recognized as a profession in :-

o1980
o1960

o1970

o1950(Ans-1950)

Q5) the government is motivation students who are raduates in :-

oRural Marketing

oRural development

oMarketing Education

oAll of the above(Ans- all of the above)

1. Percentage of protein in fish is:

A. Less than 30 B. 30 - 35

C. 35 - 40 D. Above 40

Answer: Option A

2. (A x B) x C is:

A. Single cross B. Double cross

C. Three way crossD. Top cross

Answer: Option C

3. ______ is gram-positive:

A. Xanthomonas B. Corynebacterium

C. Pseudomonas D. Erwinia

Answer: Option B
4. _______ convert nitrite (NO2) compounds into nitrates (NO3):

A. Nitrobacter B. Nitrosomonas

C. Rhizobium D. Azotobacter

Answer: Option A

5. _______ converts ammonia into nitrite:

A. Nitrobacter B. Nitrosomonas

C. Rhizobium D. Azotobacter

Answer: Option B

6. _______ the physical methods used for controlling nematodes:

A. Heat B. Radiation

C. Osmotic pressure D. All of the above

Answer: Option D

7. Alley cropping' means:

A. Growing of pastures in between two widely spaced rows of fast growing trees B.
Growing of field crops in between two widely spaced rows of fast growing trees

C. Growing of only short duration crops in between two widely spaced rows of fast growing trees
D. Growing of only fooder crops in between two widely spaced rows of first growing trees

Answer: Option B

8. Which one of the following statement is correct?

A. Blue green algae fix 20-30 kg N/ha in a rice field B. Blue green algae fix 40-50 kg N/ha in a
rice field

C. Blue green algae fix 8-10 kg N/ha in a rice field D. Blue green algae fix 60-70 kg N/ha in a
rice field
Answer: Option A

9. Ascent of cell sap' from root to the treetop is exercised by:

A. Phloem B. Xylem

C. Cambium cell D. Lanticles

Answer: Option B

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10. Which one of the following seed rate (kg/ha) is not correctly matched with crop?

A. Wheat = 100 B. Urd = 20

C. Maize = 18 D. Mustard = 20

11. Layering' is useful for propagation of:

A. Rose B. Garlic

C. Lemon D. Sugarcane

Answer: Option A

12. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

A. Shantiniketan: F. L. Brayne B. Gurgon Experiment: Daniel Hmilton

C. Etawah Pilot Project: Arthur T. Mosher D. Marthandam Project: Spencer Hatch

Answer: Option D

13. Which one of the following is the structure concerned with photorespiration?
A. Mitochondria B. Peroxisome

C. Ribosome D. Lysosome

Answer: Option B

14. Which one of the following is not narrow leavd weeds?

A. Cynodon dactylon B. Cyprus rotundus

C. Setaria glouca D. Melilotus indica

Answer: Option D

15. Range' is the measurement between:

A. Highest and lowest B. Medium and owest

C. Average and highest D. None of above

Answer: Option A

16. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

A. Unorganized market organization B. Regulated market - Control

C. Perfect market - Competition D. Terminal market - Area

Answer: Option D

17. Record keeping' should be characterized by:

A. Completeness B. Accuracy

C. Simplicity D. All of the above

Answer: Option D

18. What will be the nutritive ratio of the feed which contains 70% T.D.N and 14% D.C.P.?
A. 1;4 B. 1;5

C. 1;0.2 D. None of above

Answer: Option B

19. "Fluid mosaic model" relates to the structure of:

A. Cell Wall B. Protoplasm

C. Biomembrane D. Nucleic acid

Answer: Option C

20. "Hollow-heart" disease of sugar beet is caused due to:

A. Salt toxicity B. Boron deficiency

C. Moisture stress D. Air pollutant

Answer: Option B