ARAVINDHAR AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

(Affiliated to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University)

AEX 102- FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION EDUCATION
(2+1)
Time: 1hr Marks:20

PART - A
I. Choose the correct Answer:

1. The word “tensio” is derived from --------

a) Greek b) Latin c) French d) None

Ans: b) Latin

2. The concept of extension education process was given by-------

a) Cart lewin b) Van den Ban c) Paul Leagans d) Wilson & Gall up

Ans: c) Paul Leagans

3. How many steps are there in extension programme planning?

a) 6 b) 8 c) 10 d) 12

Ans: b) 8

4. Initially Firka Development Scheme was started with ---- Firkas

a) 24 b) 34 c) 44 d) 80

Ans: b) 34

5. Lab to Lab Programme in India was started on the golden jubliee celebrations of ------

a) IARI b) Development of Agriculture c) ICAR d) MANAGE

Ans: c) ICAR

6. The word “Democracy” is derived from-----

a) Greek roots b) Latin roots

c) French roots d) None

Ans: a) Greek roots

7. The committee constituted to review CD and NES projects was headed by:

a) Asok Mehta b) Hanumantha Rao

c) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee d) None

Ans: Balwant Rai Mehta Committee

8. DRDA was established in -----

a) 1919 b) 1999 c) 1980 d) 1975

Ans: c) 1980

9. Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA) was started in----

a) 1970 b) 1950 c) 1960 d) 1967

Ans: d) 1967

10. The programme emphasizing on employment generation among the following is:

a) JRY b) CDP c) CADP d) KADP

Ans: a) JRY

11. The beneficiaries under SGSY is / are:

a) Rural Youth b) Farm family c) Swarozgaris d) None

Ans: c) Swarozgaris

12. A scheme exclusively implemented by the Panchayat Raj Institutions:

a) SGRY b) PMGSY c) SJSRY d) NSAP

Ans: a) SGRY

13. Community Development is a ---- approach

a) Mono purpose b) Multipurpose c) Both a& b d) None

Ans: Multipurpose

14. The “leader” word derived from------- roots

a) Greek b) Latin c) French d) Both a & b

Ans: d) Both a & b

15. Staffing means ------

a) Management b) Organizing c) Filling job positions d) None

Ans: c) Filling job positions

16. The term Evaluation derived from Latin root word is -----

a) Value b) Valere c) valo d) None

Ans: b) Valere

17. The sharing of cost between center and state in the Prodhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana is

a) 100:0 b) 75:25 c) 90:10 d) 50:50

Ans: a) 100:0

18. NABARD was set up in---

a) 1950 b) 1920 c) 1982 d) 1981

Ans: 1982

19. Indian Village Service was initiated in the place --------

a) Maharashtra b) Gujarat c) Assam d) Utter Pradesh

Ans: d) Utter Pradesh

20. Soil Health Card Scheme was launched in-----

a) Feb, 2015 b) Oct, 2014 c) Jan, 2013 d) Aug, 2016

Ans: a) Feb, 2015

II. Fill up the Blanks:

1. Extension Education can be defind as -------------

a) a continuous cultural process b) a continuous social process

c) a continuous educational process d) None

Ans: c) a continuous educational process

2. The first step in extension programme planning is------------------

a) Collection of facts b) Identification of situation

c) Evaluation d) Reconsideration

Ans: a) Collection of facts

3. The transfer of authority from central government to state government implies ----------------

a) Deconcentration b) Devolution

c) Decentralization d) Delegation

Ans: b) Devolution

4. Farmers training is a---------------------------

a) Functional activity b) Multipurpose activity

c) Non- instructional activity d) none

Ans: c) Non- instructional activity

5. Total number of KVK in India

a) 642 b) 633 c) 680 d) 658

Ans: c) 680

6. Which state was first to introduce the Panchayat Raj programme in the entire state --------------

a) Maharashtra b) Rajasthan c) Gujarat d) Tamil nadu

Ans: b) Rajasthan

7. ‘Linking farm plan’ with ‘credit’ is a characteristic feature of ---------------------------

a) IRDP b) IADP C) CDP d) Etawah project

Ans: b) IADP

8. High yielding technologies are ----------------------------------

a) Resource positive b) Resource negative c) Resource neutral d) none

Ans: a) Resource positive

9. NATP component is ---------------- and ------------------

a) NAIP & ITDA b) IRDP & HYVP

C) ATMA & ATIC d) IADP & IAAP

Ans: C) ATMA & ATIC

10. The programme designed to create community assets on one hand and providing wage
employment on the other hand is ---------------------------

a) NREP b) IRDP c) JRY d) DWCRA

Ans: a) NREP

11. The programme exclusively for urban poor ---------------

a) NSAP b) PMRY C) SJSRY d) SGSY

Ans: C) SJSRY

12. MGNREGA expansion is ---------------------------------

a) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

b) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Authority

c) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Opportunity Act

d) None of these

Ans: a) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

13. CD is sponsored by -----------------------

a) Government agencies b) Private agencies c) Both a& b d) Voluntary agencies

Ans: c) Both a& b

14. Types of Rural leadership is ----------------------- and ----------------------

a) Traditional & Emergent b) Traditional & political

c) Scared & Key leader d) Autocratic & Democratic

Ans: a) Traditional & Emergent

15. These ‘functions’ of the administrator were described by --------------------------

a) G.R. Mehta b) M. Horton c) Ensminger d) Henry Fayol

Ans: d) Henry Fayol

16. Plan of activities to be undertaken in a particular time sequence is called -----------------

a) Plan of work b) Calendar of Work c) Planning d) None of these

Ans: b) Calendar of Work

17. Removal of poverty was the foremost objective of which five year plan?

a) Fourth b) Sixth c) Fifth d) Eighties

Ans: c) Fifth

18. The current five year plan is --------------------------

a) Eleventh b) Twelfth c) Fourteenth d) Thirteenth

Ans: b) Twelfth

19. National Agricultural Education Day is celebrated on ----------------------

a) 21st November b) 2nd Dec c) 3rd Dec d) 25 th November

Ans: c) 3rd Dec

20. National Agricultural Research Project (NARP) was launched by ------------------

a) Ministry of Rural Development b) Ministry of agriculture and cooperation

c) ICAR d) Government of India

Ans: c) ICAR
III. Match the following:

1. a) Gurgaon project - 1. Dr. Spencer Hatch

b) Marthandam project - 2. F.L. Brayne

c) Indian Village Service - 3. S. K. Dey

d) Nilokheri - 4. Mahatma Gandhi

e) Seva gram - 5. W. H. Wisher

A) a-2, b-1, c-5, d-3, e-4 B) a-1, b-4, c-5, d-3, e-2

C) a-3, b-5, c-4, d-1, e-2 D) a- 5, b-4, c-3, d-2, e-1

2. . a) Result Demonstration - 1. Greek Roots

b) Extension Education Process - 2. Seeing is believing

c) Community Development - 3. Determining

d) Leader - 4. Peoples Programme

e) Evaluation - 5. Paul Leagans

A) a-3, b-5, c-4, d-1, e-2 B) a- 5, b-4, c-3, d-2, e-1

C) a-1, b-4, c-5, d-3, e-2 D) a-2, b-5, c-4, d-1, e-3

3. a) T & V system - 1. Pondicherry

b) Krishi Vigyan Kendra - 2. Utter Pradesh

c) Panchayat Raj - 3. Single Window

d) Etawah pilot - 4. Ramnad District

e) ATIC - 5. Rajasthan
A) a-1, b-4, c-5, d-3, e-2 B) a-2, b-5, c-4, d-1, e-3

C) a-4, b-1, c-5, d-2, e-3 D) a-3, b-5, c-4, d-1, e-2

4. a) NATP - 1. 1995

b) JRY - 2. 1964

c) PURA - 3. 1995-96

d) ND - 4. 2004

e) PMEY - 5. 1989

A) a-3, b-5, c-4, d-1, e-2 B) a-3, b-5, c-4, d-2, e-1

C) a- 5, b-4, c-3, d-2, e-1 D) ) a-1, b-4, c-5, d-3, e-2

PART – B
IV. Read the given passage and answer the following questions:
I. Extension means that type of education, which is stretched out, to the people in rural areas,
beyond the limits of the educational institutions to which the formal type of education is
normally confined.
Answer the following questions regarding the above passage:
1. The Latin roots for the word “Extension” ------------------------
a) Ex and tensio b) Ex and tension
c) Ex and loco d) Ex and termo
2. Extension as a science is classified under ---------------------------
a) Hard science b) Pure science
c) Soft science d) Physical science
3. To be effective, extension works should start from the -----------------
a) National level b) State level
c) District level d) Grass root level
4. The fundamental objective of extension education is the ----------------
a) All round development of people
 b) All round development of social organization
c) All round development of villages
d) All round development of infrastructure facilities
II. Programme planning is a division of making process which gives direction and intensity to
extension education efforts of extension services to bring about economic, social and
technological change.
Answer the following questions regarding the above passage:
1. The last stage of extension programme planning is---------------------
a) Evaluation b) Determination of goals
c) Reconsideration d) All of the above
2. Programme planning is a ----------------------------
a) Continuous series of activities b) Continuous process
c) Continuous planning d) none of the above
3. Extension programme should have definite -------------------------
a) Action b) Planning c) Both a & b d) Plan of work
4. The sum of each activity should be followed as set forth in all required assistance
should be provided during the ------------------
a) Identification b) Execution c) Analysis d) None
III. This campaign, started in 1942, was continued after getting the independence. The main
object of this campaign was to fulfill the need of food, which had been created due to the Second
World War.

Answer the following questions regarding the above pre & post programme:
1. Sriniketan project was started in Calcutta by ------------

a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Th. R. N. Tagore

c) Vinobha Bhve d) R.C. Reddy

2. Community Development project was started as a result of --------------

a) Royal Commission report b) GMF Enquiry Commission report

 c) Educational Commission report d) Nalargarh Committee report

3. Etawah pilot project was started by Albert Mayor in -------------

a) 1942 b) 1946 c) 1948 d) 1950

4. Nilokheri project was also called ------------------------

a) Mazdoor Manzil b) Kishan manzil

c) Mazdoor Madad d) Mazdor- kishan manzil

IV. The organization of field days, field visits, and training for the farmers and field extension
workers were considered important for rapid spread of technologies. The national demonstrations
were intended to show the superiority of the demonstrations to the extension agencies.

Answer the following questions regarding the above Agriculture Development programme:

1. ORP was started in the year ------------------

a) 1970 b) 1980 c) 1974 d) 1973

2. Lab to Land project was started in the year ------------------

a) 1978 b) 1982 c) 1971 d) 1979

3. Expand the FTC ----------------------

a) Farmers Training Centre b) Farmers Teaching Course

c) Farm Trained Channel d) Farmers Training Committee

4. The first KVK was started in the year ----------------------

a) 1972 b) 1973 c) 1974 d) 1971

V. Broad based extension system help the farmers in getting multiple messages needed to
improve their overall economy besides helping to grow agricultural crops. Thus, the farmers are
encouraged in sericulture activities, growing good fodders, animal husbandry activities and
growing fish in the farm ponds etc.

Answer the following questions regarding the above Extension programme:

 1. “Single line of command” is one of the important feature of ------------------

a) Community Development b) National Demonstrations

c) T & V system d) Broad Based system

2. Broad Based Extension System was started in the year ----------------

a) 1970 b) 1991 c) 1990 d) 1992

3. The main objective of IVLP is -------------------------

a) Transfer of Technology b) Increase the production

c) Appropriate technology d) none of the above

4. Total Number of ATIC centre in Tamil Nadu --------------

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 6

VI) The rural development in general terms, is a strategy designed to improve economic and
social life of people in a rural settlement and in particular, it focuses attention on the rural poor
comprising the small and marginal farmers, tenant and landless labourers.

Answer the following questions regarding the above Rural Development:

1. The term rural refers to ---------------------------

a) Country side b) Urban c) Rural d) None

2. The Panchayat union is otherwise called --------------------

a) Panchayat office b) Panchayat council

c) Panchayat Samithi d) District council

3. District Development Council is otherwise called -------------------------

a) Panchayat Samithi b) District council

c) Panchayat council d) Zila Parishad

4. The first formal democratic institution under the directive principle in the Indian

constitution is the --------------

a) Panchayat council b) Gram Panchayat

 c) Panchayat Samithi d) District council

VII. It is a movement designed to promote better living for the community with the active
participation and/or the initiative at the community.

Answer the following questions regarding the above passages:

1. A community development project has an operational area of ----------

a) 450-500 square miles b) 600-700 square miles

c) 750-800 square miles d) 800-900 square miles

2. NES was started in the year -------------------

a) 1950 b) 1952 c) 1953 d) 1954

3. Intensive Agricultural District Programme (IADP) is also known as -------------

a) Package Programme b) Area Programme

c) Streamlined Programme d) Educational Programme

4. IADP revised version programme name is ---------------------

a) Streamlined Programme b) Extension services

c) Area Programme d) none

VIII. To assess the spread of the various high yielding varieties in different parts of the country
and also determine the extent of such spread.
Answer the following questions regarding the above passage:
1. High Yielding Varieties Programme (HYVP) was launched in ----------------
a) 1962 b) 1964 c) 1966 d) 1968
2. Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) was launched in -----------
a) 1978-79 b) 1977-78 c) 1973-74 d)1980-81
3. CADP expand is -----------------
a) Command Area Development Project
b) Command Agriculture Development Project
c) Command Area Development Programme
d) None of the above
 4. Integrated Wasteland Development Programme was launched in -------------
a) 1989-90 b) 1968-69 c) 1984-85 d) 1985-86
IX) The purpose of this project was to consolidate earlier investments in agriculture and address
specific system constrains, weaknesses and gaps that were not addressed earlier. The basic
premise of NATP is that research and extension programmes should be farmer centered and
demand driven.

Answer the following questions regarding the above passages:

1. Integrated Tribal development Agency (ITDA) was launched in --------------------

a) 1973-74 b) b) 1968-69 c) 1971-72 d) 1978-79
2. MFALA expand is ----------------------
a) Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labour Development Agency
b) Marginal Farmers and Allied Labour Development Authority
c) Marginal Farmers and Activities Labour Development Agency
d) None of the above
3. Planning commission was setup in ------------------
a) 1949 b) 1950 c) 1951 d) 1952
4. SFDA is meant for the farmers having land holding of -----------------
a) 1-2 hectare b) 0-1 hectare
c) 1-5 hectare d) 2-5 hectare
X) To provide extra paying jobs for the large number of unemployed belonging to the rural areas
or the men and women who had minimum paying jobs to work, so that their income may
increase and the standard of living may also rise.

Answer the following questions regarding the above passage:

1. The share of centre and state in the following of NREP is -------------
a) 75:25 b) 60:40 c) 50:50 d) 25:75
2. RLEGP expand is -------------------------
a) Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme
b) Rural Landholder Employment Opportunity Project
c) Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Project
d) None of the above
 3. The share of centre and state in the following of EAS is --------------------
a) 60:40 b) 50:50 c) 75:25 d) 100:0
4. A Food for Work Programme was initiated in ---------------
a) 1973-74 b) 1977-78 c) 1971-72 d) 1978-79

XI. The scheme provides shelter to rural families who have not been covered under Indira Awas
Yojana and who are desirous of processing a house. All rural households having annual income
up to Rs. 32000/- are covered under the scheme.
Answer the following questions regarding the above passage:
1. Credit – cum – subsidy scheme for rural housing is a objective of ------------------
a) SGSY b) SGSRY c) JRY d) IAY
2. The maximum subsidy under SGSY for SHG’s ---------------
a) 1.00 lakhs b) 1.25 lakhs c) 1.50 lakhs d) 2.00 lakhs
3. ARYA was initiated in ----------------------
a) 2012 b) 2013 c) 2015 d) 2014
4. The share of centre and state in the following of SJSRY is ----------------------
a) 75:25 b) 60:40 c) 50:50 d) 25:75
XII. The primary objective of the Scheme is to provide additional and supplementary wage
employment and thereby provide food security and improve nutritional levels in all rural areas.

Answer the following questions regarding the above passage:

1. Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) was started on:
a) 1999 b) 2000 c) 2001 d) 2002
2. PURA expand is -----------------------------------------------
a) Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas
b) Promoting Urban Areas in Rural Areas
c) Provide Urban Activities in Rural Areas
d) None of the above
3. NAIP was started on -------------------------
a) 2001 b) 2005 c) 2006 d) 2007
4. RKVY expand is --------------------------
a) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
 b) Rashtriya Krishi Village Yojana
c) Rashtriya Krishi Village scheme
d) None of the above
XIII. Leaders are persons who are selected by the people because of their special interest or
fitness to work on some phase of the local programme
Answer the following questions regarding the above passage:
1. The -------------- specifically refers to those who officiate in various religions and
social ceremonies.
a) Key leaders b) Political leaders
c) Personal leaders d) sacred leaders
2. --------------------- leaders have come on the rural scene due to new opportunities
available in the villages such as village council (panchayat), cooperatives, etc.,
a) Political leaders b) Personal leaders
c) Emergent leaders d) Traditional leaders
3. The term ------------------ refers to the pattern of attraction among members of a group.
a) Discussion b) Sociometry c) Participation d) none
4. They are people who command respect or influence by virtue of their status, training
etc., which type of leadership?
a) Personal leader b) Traditional leaders
c) Social leaders d) Professional leaders
XIV. According to this definition the essence of administration is the ability of administrator to
plan large projects held together and organization for its accomplishment.
Answer the following questions regarding the above passage:
1. The principles of Public administration when applied to Extension are called ------------
a) Extension Administration b) Extension monitoring
c) Extension Education d) Extension Management
2. --------- in leading people in a manner that achieves the goals of the organization.
a) Planning b) Staffing c) Directing d) Coordinating
3. ------------- is the function that evaluates quality in all areas and detects potential or
actual deviations from the organization plan.
a) Staffing b) Controlling c) Budgeting d) None
 4. The right in a position to exercise discretion in making decisions affecting others is----
a) Authority b) Responsibility c) Hierarchy d) Organizing
XV. Monitoring is a continuous/ periodic review and surveillance by management, at every
level of the implementation of an activity to ensure that input, deliveries, work schedules,
targeted outputs and other required actions are proceeding according to plan.

Answer the following questions regarding the above passage:

1. Monitoring is a process of measuring, recording, --------------- processing and
communicating information to assist project management decision making.

a) Monitoring b) Evaluation c) Collecting d) None

2. ------------- attempts to identify and remedy shortcomings during the developmental

state of a programme.

a) Formative b) Summative c) Self-rating d) None

3. --------- is an action-oriented analysis of project effects and impacts, compared to

anticipations, to be carried out during implementation

a) Summative Evaluation b) Formative Evaluation

c) Ex-post Evaluation d) Ongoing Evaluation

4. Evaluation is a ----------------- process

a) Learning b) Continues c) Teaching d) Monitoring