List of top Social Science Questions on Agricultural Development asked in ICAR AIEEA (PG)

Almost all states except which of the following(s) enacted laws for consolidation of holdings? 
• [(A).] Punjab 
• [(B).] Kerala 
• [(C).] Tamilnadu 
• [(D).] Uttar Pradesh 
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Put the following Committees/ Commissions/ Policies related to land reforms in chronological order.
(A). Central Land Reforms Committee
(B). Congress Agrarian Reform Committee (Kumarappa Committee)
(C). National Agricultural Policy
(D). National Commission on Agriculture
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Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): Deeper sowing is advantageous in heavy soils whereas shallow sowing is recommended in light soils.
Statement (II): Seeds which germinate through epigeal germination should not be sown deep as it results in poor germination.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
RAFTAR stands for
What is not true about the e-NAM?
RAFTAAR stands for:

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Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): Adoption score is usually lower for owner cultivator than for tenant cultivator.
Statement (II): Communicability is the degree to which results of innovation may not be diffused to others. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
What is not true about the e-NAM (National Agriculture Market)?

Arrange the following institutions chronologically according to the years these were set up starting from the latest to the earliest:
(A) CAU Imphal (Central Agricultural University, Imphal)
(B) ICAR-CIFE Mumbai (ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai)
(C) PAU Ludhiana (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana)
(D) ICAR-CPRI Shimla (ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla)

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What was the percentage share of the value of agricultural exports to national exports in 2021-22?
Whether the financial benefits transferred to farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme are exempted from reduction commitments under WTO? If yes, name the domestic support exemption box (Amber, Blue, Green, Development).

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Arrange the following institutions as per descending order of year of establishment, that is, from latest (present) to oldest (past):
(A). NCUI (National Cooperative Union of India)
(B). NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.)
(C). NDDB (National Dairy Development Board)
(D). NCDC (National Cooperative Development Corporation)

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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The efficiency of agricultural marketing is considered to be low.
Reason (R): There are a large number of intermediaries involved in the marketing of agricultural commodities. In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Arrange the following historical events related to extension services in the United States of America in the order of their occurrence from earliest to latest:
(A) The Morrill Act that established Land Grant Universities
(B) The Hatch Act that established Agricultural Experiment Stations
(C) Dr. Seaman A. Knapp sets up a demonstration that became a key technique for extension work
(D) The Smith-Lever Act that established the national cooperative extension system

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Total fish production in India in 2020-21 was

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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Agricultural development programmes facilitated India's self sufficiency in food production in last 75 years.
Reason (R): Good programmes result from the joint efforts of the experienced extension workers and progressive villagers.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Arrange the following development programmes in sequence from early to latest:
(A) National Adult Education Programme (NAEP)
(B) Operation Flood (OF) Phase I
(C) Training and Visit (T & V) on pilot basis
(D) Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA)
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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Between 1845 and 1851, the Irish potato crop was destroyed with the outbreak of potato blight leading to severe famine.
Reason (R): Itinerant lecturers were appointed to travel to rural areas of Ireland and teach small farmers how to grow nutritious root crops other than potato.
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Which one of the following is not true about Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)?
Arrange these recent initiatives of Union Government chronologically starting from the earliest to the latest:
(A) BPKP
(B) PKVY
(C) e-NAM
(D) GKRA
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) is a flagship scheme of Government of India. What is not correct about this scheme?