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The shackles of agriculture during the colonial rule were permanently broken by the Green Revolution that resulted from the application of ______.
- High Yielding Varieties (HYV)
- Mechanization of Agriculture
- Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides
- Organic Fertilizers and Pesticides
Concept: Agriculture
“The pre-independent India’s occupational structure experienced growing regional variation.”
Justify the above statement with valid explanation.
Concept: Occupational Structure
“Green revolution transformed India from a subsistent food grain economy to a food surplus economy.”
Justify the statement, giving reasons in support of your answer.
Concept: Agriculture
“In order to protect domestic industries, India followed the regime of restrictions on imports.”
Briefly outline and discuss such steps taken by the government to promote import substitution policy.
Concept: Trade Policy: Import Substitution
“In India, after 1947 land reforms were introduced on a large scale.”
In the light of the given statement, discuss any one such land reform.
Concept: Agriculture
“In the post-reform period, the Government of India decided to retain profit-making Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). It provided a special status to PSUs to enable them to expand in the global market.”
Do you agree with the given statement? Give valid reasons in support of your answer.
Concept: Components of New Economic Policy >> Privatisation
“The debate over farm subsidies in India is enraged at different platforms.”
Discuss any two arguments in favour of continuing farm subsidies.
Concept: Agriculture
Discuss the importance of credit in rural development.
Concept: Credit and Marketing in Rural Areas
Critically evaluate the role of the rural banking system in the process of rural development in India.
Concept: Credit and Marketing in Rural Areas
Enlist some problems faced by farmers during the initial years of organic farming.
Concept: Sustainable Development and Organic Farming
Compare and analyze the ‘Women Worker Population Ratio’ in Rural and Urban areas based on following information:
| Worker-Population Ratio in India, 2017-2018 |
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| Sex | Worker-Population Ratio | ||
| Total | Rural | Urban | |
| Men | 52.1 | 51.7 | 53.0 |
| Women | 16.5 | 17.5 | 14.2 |
| Total | 34.7 | 35.0 | 33.9 |
Concept: Workers and Employment
‘Pesticides are chemical compounds designed to kill pests. Many pesticides can also pose health risks to people even if exposed to nominal quantities.’
In the light of the above statement, suggest any two traditional methods for replacement of the chemical pesticides.
Concept: Strategies for Sustainable Development
Identify which of the following is a source of non-institutional credit in the rural areas of India.
Concept: Credit and Marketing in Rural Areas
Read the following statements carefully.
Statement 1: On-the-job trainings help to bridge a gap between theoretical concepts and practical experiences.
Statement 2: On-the-job trainings update the employees, with the latest changes in their work field.
In the light of the given statements, choose the correct alternative:
Concept: Sources of Human Capital
______ is not a cause for environmental degradation.
Concept: State of India’s Environment
______ is not the strategy for Sustainable Development.
Concept: Strategies for Sustainable Development
Assertion (A): Unemployment and poverty are inseparable twins.
Reason(R): Unemployment is the root cause of all socio-economic evils
Concept: Concept of Unemployment
Defend or refute the following statement with a valid explanation:
‘Disguised unemployment is a common form of unemployment in rural India’
Concept: Concept of Unemployment
State whether the following statement is true/false, with valid argument:
Human Capital and Human Development are one and the same thing.
Concept: Human Capital and Human Development
Define agricultural marketing.
Concept: Agricultural Market System
