WBCS Mains Agriculture, Rural Credit & Land Reforms Questions 2023

Q. India is self-sufficient in all important food items excepting

(A) Sugar
(B) Milk
(C) Oilseeds
(D) Vegetables

Correct Answer: (C) Oilseeds

Q. Which of the following is not a part of land reforms in India?

(A) Fixation of ceilings on landholdings
(B) Imposition of tenancy reforms
(C) Consolidation of holdings
(D) Ceilings on the use of machines on farms

Correct Answer: (D) Ceilings on the use of machines on farms

Q. The first Green Revolution was launched to ensure

(A) exportable surplus in food production.
(B) food security.
(C) sustainable environment.
(D) technological advancement in agriculture.

Correct Answer: (B) food security.

Q. The first Green Revolution in India covered

(A) wheat and rice
(B) pulses
(C) only wheat
(D) only rice

Correct Answer: (A) wheat and rice

Q. Which of the following gives institutional credit to promote sustainable agriculture and rural development?

(A) SBI
(B) RBI
(C) NABARD
(D) SEBI

Correct Answer: (C) NABARD

Q. In which year did the agricultural sector register a negative rate of growth?

(A) 1990–1991
(B) 2002–2003
(C) 2003–2004
(D) 2004–2005

Correct Answer: (B) 2002–2003

WBCS Mains Agriculture, Rural Credit & Land Reforms Questions 2022

Q. Which one among the following sectors was the least impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic-related disruptions?

(A) Agriculture
(B) Industry
(C) Infrastructure
(D) External sector

Correct Answer: (A) Agriculture

Q. Which one is the Apex institution as a source for providing rural credit in India?

(A) Regional Rural Banks
(B) State Cooperative Bank
(C) Central Cooperative Bank
(D) NABARD

Correct Answer: (D) NABARD

WBCS Mains Agriculture, Rural Credit & Land Reforms Questions 2021

Q. National Food Grain Movement Plan is primarily related to which among the following?

(A) Development of new seed varieties of food grains.
(B) Opening food grain seeds village.
(C) Modernization of public distribution system.
(D) All of the above

Correct Answer: (C) Modernization of public distribution system.

Q. The central nodal agency for implementing the price support operations for commercial crops is

(A) NAFED
(B) NABARD
(C) TRIFED
(D) FCI

Correct Answer: (A) NAFED

Q. Since the inception of the co-operative movement, rural credits has been

(A) institutionalised
(B) rationalized
(C) cheapened
(D) All of the above

Correct Answer: (D) All of the above

Q. The term ‘Golden Revolution’ is most closely related to which of the following missions?

(A) National Solar Mission
(B) National Horticulture Mission
(C) National Mission on Clean Coal Technologies
(D) National Bamboo Mission

Correct Answer: (B) National Horticulture Mission

Q. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones: (i) The National Food Security Mission aims to increase production through area expansion. (ii) This programme was launched to enhance the production of rice, wheat and pulses.

(A) (i) only
(B) (ii) only
(C) both (i) and (ii)
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (C) both (i) and (ii)

Q. Which state has the highest production of coffee in India?

(A) Karnataka
(B) West Bengal
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer: (A) Karnataka

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

(A) FCI
(B) IDBI
(C) NABARD
(D) ICAR

Correct Answer: (C) NABARD

Q. Which bank gives long-term loan to farmer?

(A) SBI
(B) NABARD
(C) Rural Banks
(D) Land Development Bank

Correct Answer: (D) Land Development Bank

Q. Highest milk producer in India is

(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Punjab
(D) Gujarat

Correct Answer: (A) Uttar Pradesh

Q. Which state in India is the largest producer of mulberry silk?

(A) Karnataka
(B) Kerala
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Chennai

Correct Answer: (A) Karnataka

Q. Which of the following states has the highest irrigation coverage?

(A) Punjab
(B) Karnataka
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Uttarakhand

Correct Answer: (A) Punjab

WBCS Mains Agriculture, Rural Credit & Land Reforms Questions 2020

Q. ‘Operation Barga’ programme beneficially affected the following class:

(A) Landlords
(B) Agricultural labourer
(C) Share croppers
(D) Intermediaries

Correct Answer: (C) Share croppers

Q. Rate of recovery of agricultural credit issued by the commercial banks is

(A) very high
(B) moderate
(C) high
(D) low

Correct Answer: (D) low

Q. Which statement is correct? In cooperative farms,

(A) Farmers pool their land to form a large holding.
(B) Farmers do not face joint responsibility.
(C) Private ownership of land does not remain.
(D) Farmers do not join voluntarily.

Correct Answer: (A) Farmers pool their land to form a large holding.

Q. The status of the Bargadars is

(A) Owner cultivator.
(B) Share cropper.
(C) Agricultural labourer.
(D) Marginal farmer.

Correct Answer: (B) Share cropper.

Q. Major part of Indian agriculture shows

(A) capitalist agricultural system.
(B) small size farm.
(C) large size farm.
(D) Co operative farm.

Correct Answer: (B) small size farm.

Q. Land Reform aimed at

(A) raising control of Government on land sale.
(B) raising power of the actual farmers.
(C) raising power of the intermediary class.
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (B) raising power of the actual farmers.

Q. Abolition of Zamindary system in West Bengal took place in the year

(A) 1951
(B) 1953
(C) 1960
(D) 1961

Correct Answer: (B) 1953

Q. Taxation on agricultural income in India is

(A) relatively high.
(B) low.
(C) proportionate to its contribution.
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (B) low.

Q. Overall responsibility of agricultural credit and refinance lies on

(A) RBI
(B) NABARD
(C) Co-operative bank
(D) Land Development Bank

Correct Answer: (B) NABARD

Q. Find the incorrect statement: Green revolution made possible ______

(A) Very low use of chemical fertiliser
(B) Used of HYV seeds
(C) Increase in the use of agromachinery
(D) Multiple cropping

Correct Answer: (A) Very low use of chemical fertiliser

Q. Impact of economic reform policies on agriculture was

(A) beneficial.
(B) adverse.
(C) remained neutral.
(D) uncertain.

Correct Answer: (B) adverse.

Q. Indicate the incorrect statement: Land reform programme in India aimed at

(A) rent regulation.
(B) land ceiling.
(C) tenancy security.
(D) increasing power of intermediaries

Correct Answer: (D) increasing power of intermediaries

Q. Agriculture budget in the plan period was proportionately high in ______

(A) First plan
(B) Second plan
(C) Third plan
(D) Fourth plan

Correct Answer: (A) First plan

Q. Green revolution and new agricultural strategy first appear in the production of ______

(A) paddy.
(B) oil seed.
(C) wheat.
(D) pulses.

Correct Answer: (C) wheat.

WBCS Mains Agriculture, Rural Credit & Land Reforms Questions 2019

Q. In Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the timeline of how many months is set for settlement of claims by insurance companies after the completion of crop cutting experiments/harvesting period?

(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four

Correct Answer: (C) Three

Q. The Green Revolution in agriculture has made the Indian farmers dependent on

(A) Machines
(B) Fertilizers and Pesticides
(C) Indigenous
(D) Availability of Micro-nutrients

Correct Answer: (B) Fertilizers and Pesticides

Q. NABARD is associated with

(A) industrial development
(B) urban development
(C) rural development
(D) development of railways

Correct Answer: (C) rural development

Q. The RBI raised the limit of collateral free agricultural loans to Rs. 1.6 lakh from the current ________ with a view to help small and marginal farmers.

(A) Rs. 50,000
(B) Rs. 1 lakh
(C) Rs. 1.5 lakh
(D) Rs. 80,000

Correct Answer: (B) Rs. 1 lakh

Q. Indian Banking Association has issued advisory requesting banks to waive off the processing, documentation, inspection and all other service charges for Kisan Credit Card and crop loans up to INR ________.

(A) Rs. 2 lakh
(B) Rs. 3 lakh
(C) Rs. 4 lakh
(D) Rs. 4.50 lakh

Correct Answer: (B) Rs. 3 lakh

Q. Rythu Bandhu Scheme is implemented in which State? The state govt. provides an income support of Rs. 4000 per acre per season to farmers under the scheme:

(A) Odisha
(B) Assam
(C) Telangana
(D) Kerala

Correct Answer: (C) Telangana

Q. Which State Govt. recently announced two welfare initiatives for farmers as part of the ‘Krishi Krishak Bondhu’ Scheme?

(A) Odisha
(B) West Bengal
(C) UP
(D) Bihar

Correct Answer: (B) West Bengal

Q. The man’s unique feet: unveiling e-Choupal with an aim to change India’s rural economy by empowering farmers. He died on May 11, 2019. Who is he?

(A) Yogesh Chander Deveshwar (YCD)
(B) Meera Sanyal
(C) Masazo Nonaka
(D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Correct Answer: (A) Yogesh Chander Deveshwar (YCD)

WBCS Mains Agriculture, Rural Credit & Land Reforms Questions 2018

Q. Agriculture income tax is assigned to the State Government by

(A) Finance Commission
(B) National Development Council
(C) Inter-state Council
(D) Constitution of India

Correct Answer: (D) Constitution of India

Q. NABARD was established in the

(A) Fourth Five Year Plan
(B) Fifth Five Year Plan
(C) Sixth Five Year Plan
(D) Eighth Five Year Plan

Correct Answer: (C) Sixth Five Year Plan

Q. The increase in oil seeds production was due to

(A) White revolution
(B) Yellow revolution
(C) Green revolution
(D) Brown revolution

Correct Answer: (B) Yellow revolution

Q. Which state is the biggest tea producer in the country?

(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Sikkim
(C) Assam
(D) West Bengal

Correct Answer: (C) Assam

Q. Consider the following statements and identify the right ones:

i) National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture has been conceptualized to recognize the challenge of climate change to Indian agriculture.
ii) It is one of the eight missions under the NAPCC.

(A) (i) only
(B) (ii) only
(C) Both of the above
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (C) Both of the above

Q. Who is the originator of Green Revolution in India?

(A) Norman E. Borlaug
(B) M. S. Swaminathan
(C) Garry Becker
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (B) M. S. Swaminathan

WBCS Mains Agriculture, Rural Credit & Land Reforms Questions 2017

Q. National Agricultural Insurance Scheme was implemented on

(A) Oct. 1997
(B) Oct. 1998
(C) Oct. 1999
(D) Oct. 2000

Correct Answer: (A) Oct. 1997

Q. What is the mainstay of Indian economy?

(A) Manufacturing
(B) Business
(C) Public sector
(D) Agriculture

Correct Answer: (D) Agriculture

Q. Contribution of agriculture to Gross National Products is approximately

(A) 14%
(B) 15%
(C) 16.5%
(D) 17.5%

Correct Answer: (B) 15%

Q. Land Development banks in India are owned by the

(A) RBI
(B) State Governments
(C) Commercial Banks
(D) Co-operative Societies

Correct Answer: (D) Co-operative Societies

Q. During which Five Year Plan was the total expenditure on agriculture the highest?

(A) 1st
(B) 2nd
(C) 3rd
(D) 4th

Correct Answer: (A) 1st

Q. For India, the government has taken the following measures for improving the conditions of agricultural workers

(A) Minimum wages
(B) Resettlement of land
(C) Abolition of bonded labour
(D) All of the above

Correct Answer: (D) All of the above

Q. The thrust of land reforms in India has been in respect of the three aspects of the agrarian system which are

(A) land tenurial system, strengthening legal system and high investment
(B) land tenurial system, redistribution of land and consolidation of scattered holding
(C) ensuring people’s participation, co-operative farming and high investment
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (B) land tenurial system, redistribution of land and consolidation of scattered holding

Q. Indian farmers insurance against crop failure is the process of one of the major methods of risks coverage by Indian farmers in

(A) mixed cropping
(B) dry farming
(C) relay cropping
(D) share cropping

Correct Answer: (A) mixed cropping

Q. What was the main objective of Green Revolution in India?

(A) To increase the extent of cash crop cultivation.
(B) To increase the area of Green forest under social forestry scheme.
(C) Modernisation of agriculture through science and technology.
(D) To introduce the Japanese method of paddy cultivation.

Correct Answer: (C) Modernisation of agriculture through science and technology.

Q. Since 1983, RBI’s responsibility with respect to regional rural banks was transferred to

(A) ARDC
(B) SBI
(C) NABARD
(D) PACs

Correct Answer: (C) NABARD

WBCS Mains Agriculture, Rural Credit & Land Reforms Questions 2016

Q. The contribution of agriculture and allied sectors to the Gross Domestic Product of India in 2012-13 was ________.

(A) 15%
(B) 14.1%
(C) 17%
(D) 20%

Correct Answer: (B) 14.1%

Q. Krishi Vikas Yojana was introduced in the ________.

(A) Tenth Five Year Plan
(B) Eleventh Five Year Plan
(C) Twelfth Five Year Plan
(D) Second Five Year Plan

Correct Answer: (B) Eleventh Five Year Plan

Q. Which of the following is the implementing agency for National Agricultural Insurance Scheme?

(A) Food Corporation of India
(B) Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
(C) Agricultural Insurance Company of India Limited
(D) NABARD

Correct Answer: (C) Agricultural Insurance Company of India Limited

Q. Operation Barga in West Bengal was introduced in

(A) 1977
(B) 1978
(C) 1979
(D) 1980

Correct Answer: (B) 1978

Q. Which of the following was included as part of the land reforms initiated in India?

(A) Abolition of intermediaries
(B) Tenancy reforms
(C) Reorganisation of agriculture
(D) All of the above

Correct Answer: (D) All of the above

Q. Which of the following is a function of NABARD?

(A) Monitoring flow of ground level credit in agriculture
(B) Credit planning and monitoring
(C) Formulation of operational guidelines for rural financial institutions
(D) All of the above

Correct Answer: (D) All of the above

Q. What has been the average rate of increase in agricultural production in the Eleventh Five Year Plan?

(A) 3 %
(B) 4%
(C) 4.1 %
(D) 3.1 %

Correct Answer: (C) 4.1 %

Q. What are the arguments in favour of crop-sharing?

(A) Land owner is sure of getting a portion of the produced crop.
(B) If the share of land owner remains fixed, the farmer tries to maximize production.
(C) In this system, it is possible to make the optimum use of inputs.
(D) All the arguments stated above.

Correct Answer: (D) All the arguments stated above.

Q. The Co-operative credit societies have a

(A) two-tier structure
(B) three-tier structure
(C) four-tier structure
(D) five-tier structure

Correct Answer: (B) three-tier structure

WBCS Mains Agriculture, Rural Credit & Land Reforms Questions 2015

Q. Which of the statements is not correct?

(A) National Food Security Mission was launched in 2007-2008
(B) It (NFSM) aimed at increase in production of rice, wheat and pulses
(C) The basic strategy is to promote and extend improved technologies
(D) It did not lay emphasis on soil management

Correct Answer: (D) It did not lay emphasis on soil management

Q. Consider the following statements:

1. India’s Jute contributes about 70% of world production
2. Minimum support price for raw jute is fixed every six months by Government of India
3. Raw jute is produced mainly in the State of West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Tripura
4. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the Minimum Support Price for 2014-15 season at Rs. 2,400 per quintal

(A) 1, 2 & 3 are true
(B) 1, 3 & 4 are true
(C) 1 & 2 are true
(D) All are true

Correct Answer: (B) 1, 3 & 4 are true

Q. Zamindary abolition in West Bengal came in this year:

(A) 1951
(B) 1953
(C) 1960
(D) 1961

Correct Answer: (B) 1953

Q. Code the incorrect statement. Green revolution make possible:

(A) Multiple cropping
(B) Use of High yielding variety (HYV) seeds
(C) Very low use of chemical fertilizer
(D) Increasing use of agro machinery

Correct Answer: (C) Very low use of chemical fertilizer

Q. Find out the incorrect statement. In Co-operative farms:

(A) Farmers join voluntarily
(B) Farmers face no compulsion
(C) Private ownership of land does not remain
(D) They pool their land to form a large holding

Correct Answer: (C) Private ownership of land does not remain

Explanation: In cooperative farming, farmers retain ownership of their land while pooling land and resources for joint cultivation. Therefore, private ownership does not disappear.

Q. Point out the correct statement:

(A) Political will to make land reforms successful in India was strong
(B) Co-operative farming in India has not been successful
(C) Administrative efficiency in imposing land ceiling was high
(D) Land Reforms in India have become successful

Correct Answer: (B) Co-operative farming in India has not been successful

Q. Contribution of agricultural sector to Indian gross domestic product is:

(A) More than its percentage share in total employment
(B) Less than its percentage share in total employment
(C) Both shares are fairly equal
(D) None applies

Correct Answer: (B) Less than its percentage share in total employment

Q. Rural credit in India comes mainly from:

(A) Regional Rural banks
(B) Commercial banks
(C) Co-operative banks
(D) Money lenders

Correct Answer: (B) Commercial banks

WBCS Mains Agriculture, Rural Credit & Land Reforms Questions 2014

Q. The share of agriculture and allied sectors in India’s GDP in 2013-14 –

(A) 14.7%
(B) 12.5%
(C) 13.7%
(D) 21%

Correct Answer: (A) 14.7%

Q. NABARD was established in –

(A) 4th Five Year Plan period (FYP)
(B) 5th FYP
(C) 6th FYP
(D) 8th FYP

Correct Answer: (C) 6th FYP

Explanation: NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) was established on 12 July 1982, during the Sixth Five Year Plan (1980–1985).