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In India generally the farmers get a  _________ price for their products.

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  1. low

  2. high

  3. fair

  4. medium

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Correct Option: A

The major beneficiaries of agricultural credit have been ___________.

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  1. large & medium farmers

  2. small & medium farmers

  3. only large farmers

  4. only small farmers

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Correct Option: A

The share of cooperative credit institutions in the total institutional credit shifted from 44% in 1990-91 to ______ in 2014-15.

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  1. 25%

  2. 55%

  3. 32%

  4. 16%

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The share of cooperative credit institutions in the total institutional credit shifted from 44% in 1990-91 to 16% in 2014-15Cooperative credit institutions have covered only 65% of the rural population.Cooperative banks as a cooperative credit institution provide both medium-term as well as short-term.loans.Cooperatives provide Institutional credit which assists rural households involved in agricultural activities. The government exclusively depended on development of cooperatives as an institutional source of rural credit till 1970.

Amartya Sen has studied the problems related to poverty and hunger in India.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Amartya Sen has studied the problems related to poverty and hunger in India. He is an economist and got Nobel prize for that.

The most populated country in the world is __________.

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  1. China

  2. India

  3. USA

  4. Pakistan

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

China has the world's largest population of 1.4 billion. In recorded history, China was always the most populous country in the world. In 2100 BC, China's population was 4-5m almost 1/8th of the world's population at that time - 35m. In 1910 - China was close to 440m when the world's population was 1.7-1.8bn. Almost 25%.

What is chronic hunger?

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  1. Which persists only during a particular part of the season

  2. When diet is persistently inadequate in terms of quantity or quality

  3. Both of these

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chronic hunger- When diet is persistently inadequate in terms of quantity or quality, it is called chronic hunger. Usually poor people suffer from chronic hunger because of their low income and as a result of their inability to buy food even for their survival.

To whom the yellow card is issued?

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  1. To shopkeepers

  2. To landlords

  3. To government employees

  4. People below poverty line

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Under Targeted Public Distribution System the following criteria are applied:-

  1. Families having annual income up to Rs. 15,000 having been included in IRDP List of 1997-98.
  2. None of the members of the family should be a doctor or a lawyer or an architect or a chartered accountant.
  3. None of the members of the family should be a professional taxpayer, a sales taxpayer or an income taxpayer or eligible to pay such tax.
  4. The family should not posses residential telephone.
  5. The family should not possess four wheeler vehicle.
  6. None of the family members should hold total two-hectare rainfed or one hectare semi-irrigated or 1/2 hectare irrigated (double in drought-prone talukas) land.

Which are the special target groups in Antyodaya Anna Yojana?

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  1. Poorest of the poor

  2. Poor and Non-poor

  3. Backward class

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Poor and Poorest of the Poor people, i.e. BPL families whose total annual household income is below Rs. 25,985, based on an average household size of 5.3. Family Identity Cards (Ration Cards) have been issued to all the head of families with details of members of the family listed on the card in this category.

The society which facilitated setting up of grain banks in different regions is ________.

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  1. Amul (Gujarat)

  2. Academy of Development Science (Maharashtra)

  3. Mother Dairy (Delhi)

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Academy of Development Science has facilitated a network of NGOs for setting up grain banks in different regions.
  • ADS organises training and capacity building programmes on food security for NGOs. Grain Bank are now slowly taking shape in different parts of Maharashtra.
  • ADS efforts to set up the Grain Bank is paying rich dividends.

Antyodaya cards are  related to _______.

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  1. All poor

  2. Poorest of the poor

  3. Persons above poverty line

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Antyodaya ration cards are issued to such families who have the income of less than Rs. 250 per person per month.